Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing.

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

I must yield to you, for you are irresistible.

True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind, so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable.