You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.

Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals

We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.