Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

The matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice ...

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

...And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines.