This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle.

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

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.

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.

It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.

Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them