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.

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.

Man never legislates,but destinies and accidents,happening in all sorts of ways,legislate in all sorts of ways.

The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day, that physicians first separate the soul from the body.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Music is a defining element of character.