... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time

... Athenians are addicted to innovation. They are daring beyond their judgment they toil on with little opportunity for enjoying, being ever engaged in getting, they were born into the world to take no rest themselves, and to give none to others.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.

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

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

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.