Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster; because she has expended more life and effort in war than any other city, and has won for herself a power greater than any hitherto known, the memory of which will descend to the latest posterity.

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

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

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

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

Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster; because she has expended more life and effort in war than any other city, and has won for herself a power greater than any hitherto known, the memory of which will descend to the latest posterity.

I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unfortunate individuals.