I will prove by my life that my critics are liars.

A work well begun is half-ended.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.

Music is a defining element of character.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.