Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

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

The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel yoou can possibly be possessed of.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

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.

Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly.