Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individual, or in governments.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.