You cannot conceive the many without the one.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.

... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.

I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men.

Even the good artisans fell into the same error as the poets; because they were good workmen they thought that they also knew all sorts of high matters, and this defect in them overshadowed their wisdom.

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?