No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
You are wrong sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong.
...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
I am likely to be wiser than he to this small, extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know.
