We do not imitate, but are a model to others.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again

An Athenian citizen does not neglect his state because he takes care of his own household; even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics. We do not regard a man who takes no interest in public affairs as harmless. We do not say that such a man 'minds his own business'. Rather we say he has no business here at all.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

We do not imitate, but are a model to others.