The very best thing for a person is health, Second good looks and third honest… — Socrates
The very best thing for a person is health, Second good looks and third honest wealth, the fourth is to be in the prime of your life With people around you who cause you no strife.
In the original Greek
ὑγιαίνειν μὲν ἄριστον ἀνδρὶ θνατῷ, δεύτερον δὲ φυὰν καλὸν γενέσθαι, τὸ τρίτον δὲ πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ἡβᾶν μετὰ τῶν φίλων.
An ancient Greek drinking song.
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Anonymous. Quoted in Gorgias, written by Plato. Oxford University Press, 2008. Originally a drinking song by an anonymous source.