One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

There is honor in being a dog.

A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus.