Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master

The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.