Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
One believes in what one wants to believe in.
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.
We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.