"[Meletus] cannot harm me, for I do not think it is permitted for the better man to be harmed by the worse."

"And so tyranny naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme form of liberty."

"For I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons and your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the sou…"

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."

"This man among you, mortals, is wisest who, like Socrates, understands that his wisdom is worthless."