Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive

You Cannot Have A Proud And Chivalrous Spirit If Your Conduct Is Mean And Paltry; For Whatever A Man's Actions Are, Such Must Be His Spirit.

The Man Who Has Received A Benefit Ought Always To Remember It, But He Who Has Granted It Ought To Forget The Fact At Once.

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.

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

There Are All Kinds Of Devices Invented For The Protection And Preservation Of Countries: Defensive Barriers, Forts, Trenches, And The Like... But Prudent Minds Have As A Natural Gift One Safeguard Which Is The Common Possession Of All, And This Applies Especially To The Dealings Of Democracies. What Is This Safeguard? Skepticism. This You Must Preserve. This You Must Retain. If You Can Keep This, You Need Fear No Harm.