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

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

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.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

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.

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

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.