As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
We believe whatever we want to believe.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.