Not I, but the city teaches.

It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.

Happiness is unrepented pleasure.

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?