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

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.

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

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

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

So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.