The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.

I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing

Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what you do, even if you don't think so at present. But if you neglect yourselves and are unwilling to live, as though following tracks, in accordance with what we now say and have said in the past too, then no matter how much or how seriously you agree with me at present you will accomplish next to nothing.

It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His.

Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.

To harm another is to harm oneself

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.