At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice, but his great discovery was the use of letters.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.