"Wealth is with us rather an opportunity for action than a subject for boasting."

"For to a man of spirit, the greatest disgrace is to be seen to be afraid."

"I am of the opinion that the individual who takes no part in public affairs is not to be regarded as a harmless, but as a useless character."

"I am of the opinion that we ought not to give way to the Peloponnesians, but to maintain our own course."

"We do not get into a state with our next-door neighbour if he enjoys himself in his own way, nor do we shoot him the kind of black looks which, though they do no real harm, still vex an honest man. We…"