Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.
It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.
The first step in learning is the destruction of human conceit.