They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.

For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

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

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

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.