It is not the purpose of a juryman's office to give justice as a favor to whoever seems good to him, but to judge according to law, and this he has sworn to do.
SocratesThe hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.
SocratesThe soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.
Socrateswealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
Socrates