There are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years, and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.

There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

Knowledge is our ultimate good.

If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.