The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

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

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?

You should not honor men more than truth.