No one does wrong voluntarily.
How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.
In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.
I am very conscious that I am not wise at all.
There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.
What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.
Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.
Go wherever the facts lead.
Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance.
Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly.
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or a bad 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.
Athletics have become professionalized.
The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom.
There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence...
Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.
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.