The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

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

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.