The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.

Do not expect justice where might is right.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it.