She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

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.

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

The marketplace is democratic.

In private matters everyone is equal before the law. In public matters, when it is a question of putting power and responsibility into the hands of one man rather than another, what counts is not rank or money, but the ability to do the job well.

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