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

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.

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

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

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.

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

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.