“No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.”

“You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of a stronger morale that their adversaries...”

“...men unite against none so readily as against those whom theysee attempting to rule over them.”

“I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.”

“All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.”

“Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.”