Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

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

A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country.

There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another; but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school.

It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.