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

He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.

If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.

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.