The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.

The cause of all the blunders committed by man arises from this excessive self-love. For the lover is blinded by the object loved; so that he passes a wrong judgment on what is just, good and beautiful, thinking that he ought always to honor what belongs to himself in preference to truth. For he who intends to be a great man ought to love neither himself nor his own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by himself, or by another.

A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.

What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.