Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.

Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show.

The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.