States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
Every man is a poet when he is in love.
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of money or power, he neglect justice and virtue?
I shall assume that your silence gives consent.