Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.

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.

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.

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

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.

Where two discourse, if the anger of one rises, he is the wise man who lets the contest fall.