"And do you think, you fool, that kisses of love are not venomous, because you perceive not the poison? Know that a beautiful person is a more dangerous animal than scorpions, because these cannot woun…"

"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul follows the body, and ought to be pure."

"I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fan…"

"I am a gadfly who God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching all of you."

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows."