Solon

“Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, but only lucky.”

“I grow old, ever learning many things.”

“Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.”

“Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.”

“Seek to learn constantly.”

“Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.”

“He who has learned to obey will know how to command.”

“Rich men without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.”

“Poets tell many lies.”

“That city is best ordered in which the wicked have no command, and the good have.”

“Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.”

“In all things, let reason be your guide.”

“Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.”

“To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.”

“Justice, even if slow, is sure.”