If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

Give me a different set of mothers and I will give you a different world

Philosophy is the highest music.

The poets are nothing but interpreters of the gods, each one possessed by the divinity to whom he is in bondage.