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

If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.

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

Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.