"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, do not fancy I …"

"It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death."

"I do know, however, that it is wicked and shameful to do wrong, to disobey one's superior, be he god or man."

"I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live."

"He would say that the rest of the world lived to eat, while he himself ate to live."