Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.

For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger takes precautions against it and destroys it.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the Great King's army and demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and submit to the might of Persia. Leonidas laconically told Xerxes, "Come and get them.

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are