For the wise man, every day is a festival.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.

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.

Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

The wildest colts make the best horses.