Xenophon

"The greatest adventure is the exploration of self."

"Wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"The bond of family transcends all other loyalties."

"An examined life is a life of meaning."

"The sweetest victory is the conquest of fear."

"In giving, we receive more than we give."

"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants and a contented mind."

"It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself."

"He who wishes to be obedient must first learn to command."

"The same things that we have heard, let us also do."

"No one can teach well what they do not understand deeply."

"Virtue is knowledge; we cannot choose evil knowingly."

"Time is the most precious thing a man can spend."

"A friend to all is a friend to none, yet a friend true serves everyone."

"The greatest wealth is health that money cannot buy."

"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."

"Good men need not fear the judgment of other men."

"He who desires peace should prepare himself for war."

"The pursuit of knowledge never exhausts the mind."

"A merciful man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble upon his own house."

"Memory is the treasury of a speaker's art."

"Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"A worker's hands are his fortune."

"The gods help those who help themselves."

"In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness is impossible."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself."