In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones.

A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or of a bad.

Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither good nor beautiful think they are good enough, and do not desire that which they do not think they are lacking.