Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.

Knowledge without understanding is useless.

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

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.

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