"Virtue is relative to the actions and..." - Quote by Plato

“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.”

“Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.”

“To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know.”

“If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that, so long as I retain my memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration, and affection by your sincere friend.”

“Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.”

“To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?”

“I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience.”

“You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.”

“An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.”