Socrates

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

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

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.