"I do know, however, that it is wicked and shameful to do wrong, to disobey one's superior, be he god or man."

"For I do believe that I have been sent by God to the city as a gadfly to a great and noble horse which is rather sluggish because of its size and needs to be stirred up by a gadfly."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you."

"Which of these two is better only God knows."