If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice..

Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk..

The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal..

The like is not the friend of the like in as far as he is like; still the good may be the friend of the good in as far as he is good..

All wars are fought for the sake of getting money..

Let brother help brother..

Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences..

May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me..

Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who ….

If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful..

It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is mee….

When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness..

For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see any worldly object is imitated by the….

The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but ra….

The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service or of the greate….

Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done..

Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness..

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?.

As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves..

Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before..

That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a long time in the study of philosophy appea….