Good Men Nowhere, But Good Boys At

Once He Saw The Officials Of A Temple Leading Away Some One Who Had Stolen A Bowl Belonging To The Treasurers, And Said, "the Great Thieves Are Leading Away The Little Thief."

Solon Used To Say That Speech Was The Image Of Actions; . . . That Laws Were Like Cobwebs, - For That If Any Trifling Or Powerless Thing Fell Into Them, They Held It Fast; While If It Were Something Weightier, It Broke Through Them And Was Off.

He Once Begged Alms Of A Statue, And, When Asked Why He Did So, Replied, "to Get Practice In Being Refused."

Why Not Whip The Teacher When The Pupil Misbehaves?

Ability In Man Is An Apt Good, If It Be Applied To Good Ends.