I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place.

Not I, but the city teaches.

The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul?

Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.