As Athenodorus was taking his leave of Cæsar, "Remember," said he, "Cæsar, whenever you are angry, to say or do nothing before you have repeated the … - Plutarch

King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk’s bill, no sharp talon, no roughness of teeth, no such strength of stomach or heat of digestion, as can be sufficient to convert or alter such heavy and fleshy fare.