...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.

There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children's lessons take the form of play.

We do not learn, and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.