Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.

It is right to give every man his due.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.

Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love - all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce.

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?

As the government is, such will be the man.