Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
What a man wishes, he will believe.
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.