Close Alliances With Despots Are Never Safe

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.

By Persistent Labor Man May Attain To All Excellence.

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

We Need Money, For Sure, Athenians, And Without Money Nothing Can Be Done That Ought To Be Done.

It Is Impossible For Men Engaged In Low And Groveling Pursuits To Have Noble And Generous Sentiments. A Man's Thought Must Always Follow His Employment.