“The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.”

Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.

The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men.

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

We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each others honesty

Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.

But the prize for courage will surely be awarded most justly to those who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger.

The secret of freedom, courage.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes.

So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.

Happiness left when one began chasing it. It was always there.

Not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.

Love the person, but give the person total freedom. Love the person, but from the very beginning make it clear that you are not selling your freedom.

Love begins with listening.

I have a wish. It as a fear as well – that in my end will be my beginning.

Every year, every moment, every breath & every blink can be a new beginning.

The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.