I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

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.

What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

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

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.