Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.

Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.

The intention makes the crime.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war.

Hope is a waking dream.