Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?

I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?

All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.

I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.