To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

The love, more especially, which is concerned with the good, and which is perfected in company with temperance and justice, whether among gods or men, has the greatest power, and is the source of all our happiness and harmony, and makes us friends with the gods who are above us, and with one another.

I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.