The proud man is forsaken of God.

Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.

And among the other honours and rewards our young men can win for distinguished service in war and in other activities, will be more frequent opportunities to sleep with a woman; this will give us a pretext for ensuring that most of our children are born of that parent.

The orators and the despots have the least power in their cities ... since they do nothing that they wish to do, practically speaking, though they do whatever they think to be best.

Let him know how to choose the mean and avoid the extremes on either side, as far as possible. . . . For this is the way of happiness.