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

我不是一位雅典人或是希臘人，而是世界的公民

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. 除了我無知的事實之外，我一無所知

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. 分手的時刻已經到來，我們將各走各的路─我將死了，你將活著。那一種比較好呢?只有神知道。

Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. 有愈少的欲望，我就愈接近神。

An honest man is always a child.

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

Be as you wish to seem.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher and that is a good thing for any man.

Bad men live so that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink so that they may live. 壞人為著他們能吃喝而活著，然而好人則是為了他們能活著而吃喝。

The unexamined life is not worth living. 沒有經過考驗的人生，是不值得活的。

I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money. 我告訴你，德并不是用錢買來的，但是德卻可以帶來金錢。

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. 死亡，可能是所有人類福氣中最棒的。