How well I remember the aged poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, "How does love suit with age, Sophocles - are you still the man you were?" he replied, "Peace, most gladly have I escaped the thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad and furious master."

Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.

Is there anything worse for a state than to be split and disunited? or anything better than cohesion and unity?

Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp

You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones.

It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

When there is crime in society, there is no justice.