Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
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.
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.