Pericles — "We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy."

"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."

"We place our trust not in preparations and stratagems, but in our own native courage."

"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…"

"We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all."

"For the greatest glory is to be spoken of for one's virtues."