Never hope to conceal any shameful thing which you have done; for even if you do conceal it from others, your own heart will know. โฆ Pursue the enjoyments which are of good repute; for pleasure attended by honor is the best thing in the world, but pleasure without honor is the worst.
IsocratesSo far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made the name of Hellas distinctive no longer of race but of intellect, and the title of Hellene a badge of education rather than of common descent.
IsocratesIt is not fitting that the evil produced by men should be imputed to things; let those bear the blame who make an ill use of things in themselves good.
IsocratesLet there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on all others, it is better to be silent than to speak.
Isocrates