There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Man was not made for himself alone

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

To honor with hymns and panegyrics those who are still alive is not safe; a man should run his course and make a fair ending, and then we will praise him; and let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.