By doubting we come at truth.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and compel it to inquire about life and standards and goods...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err gladly, and do not wish to lose so delightful an error

Let the soldier yield to the civilian

What is more agreeable than one’s home?

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Two distinctive traits especially identify beyond a doubt a strong and dominant character. One trait is contempt for external circumstances, when one is convinced that men ought to respect, to desire, and to pursue only...

Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned – yet whose enormous fortune…has already brought him acquittal!

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.

No sane man will dance.

What times! What habits!

There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express it

The law in Athens is true in Rome

To the sick, while there is life there is hope.

No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Since it’s clear then that what sets itself in motion is eternal, who could fail to attribute such a nature to the soul. Anything set in motion by external impetus is inanimate; what is animate...

They condemn what they do not understand

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him

Laws are inoperative in war

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.