Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.

Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals