There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain..

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals..

A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction..

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil..

We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body..

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so..

We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by conversing with him for a whole year.

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor..

There are three arts which are concerned with all things: one which uses, another which makes, and a third which imitates them..

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone..

You can't do good if you don't feel good..

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory..

I have this tattooed on my left side! I love the saying and it's a perfect description of Karma, don't judge/discriminate and don't do to someone wha….

He who love touches walks not in darkness..

Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers….

It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine..

There is no other start to philosophy but wonder..

Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men..

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man..

No one can escape his destiny..

The first and the best victory is to conquer self..