Perfect wisdom has four parts: Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fo….

Music gives a soul to the universe..

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils..

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires..

Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety..

We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men with the best of our women as often as possi….

To do injustice is the greatest of all evils..

Great is the issue at stake, greater than appears, whether a man is to be good or bad. And what will any one be profited if, under the influence of m….

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of the good, and be ….

Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding..

There is truth in wine and children.

What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character of a man, if care be ta….

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak..

Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own..

To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art..

Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would….

He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change his patient's manner of life..

A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he….

Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell..

Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp.

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous..