Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers.

I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

When there is crime in society, there is no justice.

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.