When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

It is not the purpose of a juryman's office to give justice as a favor to whoever seems good to him, but to judge according to law, and this he has sworn to do.

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.