Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
Quotations
Plato
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individual, or in governments.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
