When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes

Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which all can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required

It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.