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.

Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

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

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.