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

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

... 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.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.