True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth - that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to hale.
Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take the course he will. He will be sure to repent.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Philosophy begins with wonder.
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou are in, continue firm and constant.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Call no man unhappy until he is married.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God knows.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
