Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.
War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.
All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.