Even where he is most absurd,--as, for example, in the Cratylus,--he shows an acuteness, and an expanse of intellect, which is quite a phenomenon by itself.

The character of Socrates does not rise upon me.

The more I read about him, the less I wonder that they poisoned him.

If he had treated me as he is said to have treated Protagoras, Hippias, and Gorgias, I could never have forgiven him.
Nothing has struck me so much in Plato's dialogues as the raillery.
At college, somehow or other, I did not understand or appreciate it.

I cannot describe to you the way in which it now tickles me.