I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same...I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.

The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.