He was a wise man who invented God. - Plato

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"Life must be lived as play."

"In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one."