"I am called wise, for my hearers always imagine that I myself possess the wisdom which I find wanting in others."

"Avoid it resolutely; it is not easy to control yourself once you meddle with that sort of thing."

"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."

"I have gained nothing by not living quietly, and I have not gained anything that is worthy of the name of gain."

"I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."