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.

Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.

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.

...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And further, we have often heard and often said that justice consists of minding your own business and not interfering with other people.

Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.

All soul is immortal. For that which is always in movement is immortal; that which moves something else, and is moved by something else, in ceasing from movement ceases from living. So only that which moves itself, because it does not abandon itself, never stops moving. But it is also source and first principle of movement for the other things which move.

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