Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know.
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
As for me, all I know is I know nothing.
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.