The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate wa... - Socrates

"God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods..."

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

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

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

"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."