Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

In a word I claim that our city as a whole is an education to Greece.

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.