Better die standing than live kneeling.

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

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.

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

For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.

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