Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.

A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

Harmony is a symphony, and symphony is an agreement; but an agreement of disagreements while they disagree there cannot be; you cannot harmonize that which disagrees.

Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.