I only know that I know nothing

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know.

Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.

When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.

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.

Our purpose in founding the city was not to make any one class in it surpassingly happy, but to make the city as a whole as happyas possible.