Plato

“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.”

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”

“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.”

“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”

“The good is the beautiful.”

“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”

“Democracy passes into despotism.”

“No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.”

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”

“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.”

“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.”

“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.”

“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”

“Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

“It is right to give every man his due.”

“There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.”

“Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.”