No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

Geometry draws the soul towards truth.

What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character of a man, if care be taken in the use of it? What is there cheaper or more innocent?

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.