"Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one."

"I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them."

"Those who are hardest to love need it the most."

"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

"Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat."

"And a thing is not seen because it is visible, but; conversely, visible because it is seen; nor is a thing led because; it is in the state of being led, or carried because it is in the; state of being carried, but the converse of this. And now I think, Euthyphro, that my meaning will be intelligible; and my; meaning is, that any state of action or passion implies previous; action or passion. It does not become because it is becoming, but it is in a state of becoming because it becomes; neither; does it suffer because it is in a state of suffering, but it is in a; state of suffering because it suffers. Do you not agree?"

"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."

"If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman."

"To be is to do."

"The misuse of language induces evil in the soul"

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

"The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion."

"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?"

"And so they grow richer and richer, and the more they think of making a fortune the less they think of virtue; for when riches and virtue are placed together in the scales of the balance, the one always rises as the other falls."

"Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?' I might fairly reply to him, 'You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action--that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one."

"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

"A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true."

"Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue."

"All I know is that I know nothing"