The love, more especially, which is concerned with the good, and which is perfected in company with temperance and justice, whether among gods or men, has the greatest power, and is the source of all our happiness and harmony, and makes us friends with the gods who are above us, and with one another.

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.

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

Wine fills the heart with courage.

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.