The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
No sane man will dance.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Before beginning, plan carefully.
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
Hatred is inveterate anger.
The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
Thrift is of great revenue.
In time of war the laws are silent.
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
It is a great thing to know your vices.
