"Great crimes and pure evil come only from vigorous natures perverted by upbringing; a weak nature never does anything great, good or evil."

"The desires of the worthless many are controlled by the desires and knowledge of the decent few."

"Beauty is the splendor of truth."

"The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are never at unity with one another or with themselves, but are passionate and restless: and that which is at variance and enmity with itself is not likely to be in union or harmony with any other thing.,."

"The matter is as it is in all other cases: If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.,."

"The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods."

"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."

"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth."

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."