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

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

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

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.