No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

You should not honor men more than truth.

The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

There is no necessity for the man who means to be an orator to understand what is really just but only what would appear so to the majority of those who will give judgment; and not what is really good or beautiful but whatever will appear so; because persuasion comes from that and not from the truth.

It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.