Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

— Socrates

Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

— Socrates

Be true to thine own self

— Socrates

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

— Socrates

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

— Socrates