Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.