I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps things along. It does not answer prayers, although it may make you think of a way to solve a problem. It has the power to influence you, but not decide for you.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, - for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.

To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.