Most people do not understand until old age what Plato tells them when they are young.

Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.

When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.

For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.