The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at another downing water and reducing, now practicing gymnastic, and again idling and neglecting everything; and sometimes spending his time as though he were occupied in philosophy.

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.

Any peace is better than any war

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

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

Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.