Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom

Justice in the individual is now defined analogously to justice in the state. The individual is wise and brave in virtue of his reason and spirit respectively: he is disciplined when spirit and appetite are in proper subordination to reason. He is just in virtue of the harmony which exists when all three elements of the mind perform their proper function and so achieve their proper fulfillment; he is unjust when no such harmony exists.

Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our heroes.

The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.