"Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on so that they a…"

"A single day among the learned lasts longer than the longest life of the ignorant."

"Things which bestow upon the soul no greatness or confidence or freedom from care are not goods. But riches and healt…"

"When men were scattered over the earth, protected by eaves or by the dug-out shelter of a cliff or by the trunk of a …"

"The sun is pure fire: so Posidonius in the seventh book of his Celestial Phenomena. And it is larger than the earth, …"

"You deceive your countrymen with words, in dissuading them from war, since under the name of peace you are bringing u…"

"As to supposing that I am emulous of , you are mistaken; for he, with the support of all Greece, hardly took one city…"

"It was his habit to appear at all times with a well-groomed body and a cheerful countenance, but on the day after tha…"

"When the Spartans accused the Thebans of a long list of serious offences, he retorted, "These Thebans, however, have …"

"When somebody reported that the Athenians had sent an army, decked out with novel equipment, into the Pelopennese, he…"