The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.

A work well begun is half-ended.

There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest...and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war

Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it

To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.