Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort.

Putting the shoe on the wrong foot.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.

He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.