The physician, to the extent he is a physician, considers only the good of the patient in what he prescribes, and his own not at all

I really do not know, Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our arguments, on whatever ground we rest them, seem to turn round and walk away from us.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing.

Man's greatest victory is over oneself.

When you admonish a wrongdoer, do so gently, that it may not lead to hostility.

Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.