We do not learn, and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.

Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them