All thinking begins with wondering

When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior.

Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.

Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent