This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
Woe to the conquered.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.