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.

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

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

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.