We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

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

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

In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.