Nothing Is Easier Than Self-deceit.

It Is Not Possible To Found A Lasting Power Upon Injustice, Perjury, And Treachery. These May, Perhaps, Succeed For Once, And Borrow For Awhile, From Hope, A Gay And Flourishing Appearance. But Time Betrays Their Weakness, And They Fall Into Ruin Of Themselves. For, As In Structures Of Every Kind, The Lower Parts Should Have The Greatest Firmness--so The Grounds And Principles Of Actions Should Be Just And True.

Excessive Dealings With Tyrants Are Not Good For The Security Of Free States.

I Decline To Buy Repentance At The Cost Of Ten Thousand Drachmas.

Beware Lest In Your Anxiety To Avoid War You Obtain A Master

What We Wish, That We Readily Believe.