Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.

— Plato

Can I by justice or by crooked ways of deceit ascend a loftier tower which may he a fortress to me all my days? For what men say is that, if I am really just and am not also thought just profit there is none, but the pain and loss on the other hand are unmistakable. But if, though unjust, I acquire the reputation of justice, a heavenly life is promised to me. Since then, as philosophers prove, appearance tyrannizes over truth and is lord of happiness, to appearance I must devote myself.

— Plato

Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.

— Plato

Courage is a kind of salvation.

— Plato

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

— Plato

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

— Plato

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

— Plato

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike.

— Plato

Democracy passes into despotism.

— 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.

— Plato