... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching that it is wrong to add fire to fire, as through a funnel, pouring it into their body and soul before they proceed to the labor of life, thus exercising a caution as to the maddening habits of youth.

Experience proves that anyone who has studied geometry is infinitely quicker to grasp difficult subjects than one who has not.

As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.