Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

An artist who desires very little and achieves it has failed in life.

Although I am unconvinced that I desire life, I am not yet ready to embrace death.

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

If the path you walk is the right one, then the big question comes: How many people have you directed to that path?

I like the idea of Warrior Flitwick running to save the day by screaming, "Let's do some charm harm, my snitches!

Do not feel sorry for me if I am gone.

The criminal penalties [for suicide] are the production of a later and darker age.

Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty.

Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.