I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.

Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.