You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?
Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.
It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.