Everything great is not always good, but all good things, are great.

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.

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

What a man wishes, he will believe.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.