Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

A state arises,as I conceive,out of the needs of mankind;no one is self-sufficing,but all of us have many wants

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

No soul willfully does wrong.

Are these things good for any other reason except that they end in pleasure, and get rid of and avert pain? Are you looking to any other standard but pleasure and pain when you call them good?

Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.