May not the wolf, as the proverb says, claim a hearing?

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.

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

... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.

Because it is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal.