The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greatest injury to the dead man, at the very beginning of his journey hither.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse souls, or if better to the better... In every succession of life and death, you will do and suffer what like may fitly suffer at the hands of like. This is the justice of heaven.

...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?