When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich.

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.

It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is

Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.