As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Let brother help brother.

When a man drinks wine at dinner, he begins to be better pleased with himself.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

Their military training will ensure success in war, but they must maintain unity by not allowing the state to grow to large, and by ensuring that the measures for promotion and demotion from one class to another are carried out. Above all they must maintain the educational system unchanged; for on education everything else depends, and it is an illusion to imagine that mere legislation without it can effect anything of consequence.