Socrates

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.

I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.

My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a philosopher.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we
understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will; he will
be sure to repent it.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.

A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.

He is richest who is content with the least.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will he will be sure to repent it.

The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

To find yourself, think for yourself.