A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.

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.

Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.

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.

If it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a notable orator you will be when you have acquired knowledge and practice.

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.

Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.