To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles.

In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.

Man was not made for himself alone