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

And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.

[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.

Not by force shall the children learn, but through play

And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.