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

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

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

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

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.

It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.