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.

Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you.

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.