No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.

Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body.

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.

No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul

For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.