There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

True friendship can exist only between equals.

To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.

People regard the same things, some as just and others as unjust, - about these they dispute; and so there arise wars and fightings among them.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

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.

Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.