—  Theodoros Kolokotronis, 1770-1843, Hero of the Greek Revolution

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

—  Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989]

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

—  Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945]

     (speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932)

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ As You Like It

—  Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright

     (Ophelia to Hamlet)

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

Ουκ ανδρός όρκοι πίστις, αλλ’ όρκων ανήρ.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Fragments

Αφροδίσιος γαρ όρκος ουκ εμποίνιμος.

—  Ancient Greek proverb

Όρκους εγώ γυναικός εις ύδωρ γράφω.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

Μικρά διδόναι μάλλον ή μεγάλα εγγυάν.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

Γεωμετρήσαι βούλομαι τον αέρα υμίν διελείν τε κατά γύας.

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Birds

Η γλώσσ’ ομώμοχ’ η δε φρην ανώμοτος.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Hippolytus