When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

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

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing