To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.

The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

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

Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but clearer than ignorance.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.