Nothing is more disgraceful than insincerity.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

We make allowance for necessity.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.