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.
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
What we wish, that we readily believe.
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.