No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.
The old are in a second childhood.
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along.
Under every stone lurks a politician.
Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven.
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.