How many things I can do without!
A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.
The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.