For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.

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

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet 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.

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

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

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.

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

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

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

The job of a writer is not to convey emotion but to invoke it.

And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.

Timelessness is realizing that everything that has ever or will ever happen already exists simultaneously in another reality or dimension.

The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly.

It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart.

Ideals are the world's masters.

Donald Trump appalls me. I won't be shy about that.

In many fields of the administration of interventionist measures, favoritism simply cannot be avoided.

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

In the poorest cottage are Books: is one Book, wherein for several thousands of years the spirit of man has found light, and nourishment, and an interpreting response to whatever is Deepest in him.