Being well satisfied that, for a man who thinks himself to be somebody, there is nothing more disgraceful than to hold himself up as honored, not on his own account, but for the sake of his forefathers. Yet hereditary honors are a noble and splendid treasure to descendants.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.

Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety.

SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS: And how am I to convince you, he said, if you are not already convinced by what I have just said; what more can I do for you? Would you have me put the proof bodily into your souls?