Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.

Democracy passes into despotism.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to the twilight world of change and decay, it can only form opinions, its vision is confused and its beliefs shifting, and it seems to lack intelligence.

Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.