One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.

The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.