We have shaped you (politicians) in the interest of the State as much as in your own, so that you may be in our Republic both our leaders and your own kings.
Seek and you shall find.
Just as the eyes are made for astronomy, the ears are made for perceiving the movements of harmony.
It is not in men, but in the things themselves, that we must seek the truth.
If the semblance of virtue could be seen, it would enamor everyone.
Around the essence lies the abode of science
In all things, natural and human, the origin is the most sublime.
There is one kind of virtue, but many kinds of evil.