A certain portion of mankind do not believe at all in the existence of the gods.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging.

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.

Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.