Mob rule and emasculation of the wise' and 'who will watch the guardians'?

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.

Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.

If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we would be content if we provide accounts that are second to none in probability.

For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see any worldly object is imitated by them.