Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.

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.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but clearer than ignorance.

You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones.