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腊人，而是世界的公民

　　I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. 　　除了我无知的事实之外，我一无所知

　　The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. 　　分手的时刻已经到来，我们将各走各的路─我将死了，你将活着。那一种比较好呢?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. 　　坏人为着他们能吃喝而活着，然而好人则是为了他们能活着而吃喝。

　　The unexamined life is not worth living. 　　没有经过考验的人生，是不值得活的。

　　I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money. 　　我告诉你，德并不是用钱买来的，但是德却可以带来金钱。

　　Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. 　　死亡，可能是所有人类福气中最棒的。