It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

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.

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.