"Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone..." - Quote by Plato

“To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.”

“For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles.”

“Interference by the three classes with each other s jobs, and interchange of jobs between them, therefore, does the greatest harm to our state, and we are entirely justified in calling it the worst of evils.”

“The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.”

“I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.”

“When we walk, we naturally go to the fields and woods: what would become of us, if we walked only in a garden or a mall? Even some sects of philosophers have felt the necessity of importing the woods to themselves, since they did not go to the woods. They planted groves and walks of Plantanes, where they took subdiales ambulationes in porticos open to the air. Of course, it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither.”

“Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.”

“I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.”

“Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.”