我的朋友，真正的困难不在于逃避死亡，而在于逃避不义；因为不义比死亡跑得更快。

我是世界上最智慧的人，因为我知道一件事，那就是我一无所知。

德性并非来自财富，相反，财富及其他一切人类福祉，无论对个人还是城邦，皆源于德性。

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both to the individual and to the state.