Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

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

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

A Spartan woman, as she handed her son his shield, exhorted him saying, "As a warrior of Sparta come back with your shield or on it."

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

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

When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.