"I will obey the god rather than you, and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy."

"Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike."

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

"Knowledge is the only virtue, because once a man knows good from evil, nothing on earth can compel him to act against that knowledge."

"For I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons and your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the sou…"