Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

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.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.