You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. What has happened to me now has not happened of itself, but it is clear to me that it was better for me to die now and to escape from trouble. That is why my divine sign did not oppose me at any point. So I am certainly not angry with those who convicted me, or with my accusers. Of course that was not their purpose when they accused and convicted me, but they thought they were hurting me, and for this they deserve blame.

Contentment is natural wealth.

An unexamined life is a life of no account.

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.