Classic Moments Daily

All Men Crave Advantage

Tranquillity is more advantageous

Impute extreme folly and madness to those who think that injustice is advantageous

Remembering what remains to be done

Selecting the best course of action

Be mindful of contingencies

Not even those who possess the greatest fortunes are willing to rest satisfied

Discourse not advantageous to the state

Adding point after point until little by little we involve ourselves in utter irrelevancies

The immortal gods implanted souls in human bodies so as to have beings who would care for the earth

In this our human life, with halting hopes, It is not glittering gold that rarest is

What is more unwise than to mistake uncertainty for certainty, falsehood for truth

Reflect upon the glory and the greatness of the deeds wrought by our country and our ancestors

Friends will not demand from each other anything unless it is honorable and just

To be alive when evening comes

Differences in political views

Men with even a slight ability to reason ought to show the world that they reward those who excel in those activities for which the country is renowned

It is, therefore, the duty of intelligent judges to destroy those who heap infamy upon the country

He who enjoys a good neighbor has a precious possession

The man who gives willingly, even though he gives a great thing, rejoices in his gift

There is a sort of disaster in connection with breaking off friendships

A man gives to the free-handed, but no one gives to the closefisted

Those who exercise reason never speak without weighing their words

Give more heed to yourself than to your possessions

Some of our people no longer use words in their proper meaning

Those receive the better portion at the hands of men who are the most conscientious

None live in greater ignominy than those who rob others and falsify accounts

Both gods and men are angry with a man who lives idle