I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.
Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o'nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.
People readily believe what they want to believe.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Men willingly believe what they wish.