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

We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man during an hour is worth just as much as another man during an hour. Time is everything, man is nothing: he is at the most time's carcass.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.