Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.
It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
