A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS: And how am I to convince you, he said, if you are not already convinced by what I have just said; what more can I do for you? Would you have me put the proof bodily into your souls?

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

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

Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.