Foreign lady once remarked to the wife of a Spartan commander that the women of Sparta were the only women in the world who could rule men. "We are the only women who raise men," the Spartan lady replied.

The authors of great evils know best how to remove them.

Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.

Silence is an answer to a wise man.

To please the many is to displease the wise.

Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.

Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.