A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!

The doctors will treat those of your citizens whose physical and psychological constitution is good: as for the others, they will leave the unhealthy to die and those whose psychological constitution is incurably warped they will be put to death.