The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.

For we both alike know that into the discussion of human affairs the question of justice enters only where the pressure of necessity is equal, and that the powerful exact what they can, and the weak grant what they must.