We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.

Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Wisdom belongs in wonder.

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.