Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.
SocratesIf you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
SocratesIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SocratesIt is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
SocratesA painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.
Socrates