According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

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.

The most important part of education is right training in the nursery. The soul of the child in his play should be trained to that sort of excellence in which, when he grows to manhood, he will have to be perfected.

That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.