A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful.

If the study of all these sciences which we have enumerated, should ever bring us to their mutual association and relationship, and teach us the nature of the ties which bind them together, I believe that the diligent treatment of them will forward the objects which we have in view, and that the labor, which otherwise would be fruitless, will be well bestowed.

The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.