No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.
What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.
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.
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.