Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.