I don't recall the beginning of what you said, and consequently I also don't grasp the middle sections, while the part at the end I don't approve of. - Plutarch

Lycurgus was of opinion that ornaments were so far from advantaging them in their counsels, that they were rather an hindrance, by diverting their attention from the business before them to statues and pictures, and roofs curiously fretted, the usual embellishments of such places amongst the other Greeks.

Липсата на мярка е опасна във всяка област, но в политическата кариера
е направо пагубна. Тя води до явна лудост и безумие хората, облечени в голяма
власт, когато те се стремят не да прославят доброто, но да смятат славата за добро

When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue."