It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul?

One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show.