One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.

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

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

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

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

Mankind are tolerant of the praises of others as long as each hearer thinks that he can do as well or nearly as well himself, but, when the speaker rises above him, jealousy is aroused and he begins to be incredulous.