Pleasure is the bait of sin

Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

Discordance is evil. Harmony is virtue.

Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this all possessions and pursuits are dishonourable and evil.

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.