I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living

Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.

Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honorable man, had always upheld the cause of right, and conscientiously set this end above all other things? Not by a very long way, gentlemen; neither would any other man.

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.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.

Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?