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Lines allegedly written by Democrates follow in this thread:
"It is beautiful to impede an unjust man; but, if this be not possible, it is beautiful not to act in conjunction with him."
"It is necessary to be good, rather than to appear so."
"The felicity of a man does not consist either in body or in riches, but in upright conduct and justice."
"Sin should be abstained from, not through fear, but for the sake of the becoming."
"It is necessary to be a speaker of the truth, and not to be loquacious."
"A good man pays no attention to the reproofs of the depraved."
"It is hard to be governed by these who are worse than ourselves."
"He who is perfectly vanquished by riches, can never be just."
"He who admonishes a man that fancies he has intellect, labours in vain."
"It is necessary to emulate the works and actions, and not the words of virtue."
"It is proper to speak well of good works; for to do so of such as are base is the property of a fraudulent man and an impostor."
"Put not confidence in all men, but in those that are worthy; for to do the former is the province of a stupid man, but the latter of a wise man."
I'll post some more later, but clearly he was a man for our times.