What we wish, that we readily believe.
No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.
Small opportunities often presage great enterprises.
I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.