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

Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.

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.

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

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.

Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.

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