All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
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.
We believe whatever we want to believe.
Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue.
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.
Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.