For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order.

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.

Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.