Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true.