The Thracian people, like the bloodiest of the barbarians, being ever most murderous when it has nothing to fear.

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.

When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.

Be sure that whatever you are is you.

You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can.

When I'm into a woman, I literally can't stop staring. I'm like a little kid. I become completely entranced.

The only time we fail is when we stop trying.

The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.

A bubble is only called that after it bursts, after the insiders get out, leaving the pension funds and small investors, Canadians and other naïve investors holding the bag.

The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too.

There were never going to be any happy endings for me. I know that now. But that is all right.

There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man.