For neither does wealth bring honour to the owner, if he be a coward; of such a one the wealth belongs to another, and not to himself. Nor does beauty and strength of body, when dwelling in a base and cowardly man, appear comely, but the reverse of comely, making the possessor more conspicuous, and manifesting forth his cowardice.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

I shall never alter my ways, not even if I have to die many times.

Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of his reason and spirit respectively: he is disciplined when spirit and appetite are in proper subordination to reason. He is just in virtue of the harmony which exists when all three elements of the mind perform their proper function and so achieve their proper fulfillment; he is unjust when no such harmony exists.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.