There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

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.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.