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

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.

God created philosophy for all the intellects that got bored of hearing the same bible stories every Sunday.

Nothing that the Creator gave is of unworthiness.

The supreme hallmark of reality is balance.

But you can’t give them everything they want—they will always want more than they have.

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.

I would love to say that I have an eighth-inning guy, a seventh-inning guy, a left-handed guy, a long guy.

McDonald's released a new video showing how it makes their Chicken McNuggets. Apparently it turns out that McNuggets aren't made out of chicken. They're made out of people who ask too many questions.

Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

I am such a good man, at bottom, such a good man, how is it that nobody ever noticed it?

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.