We Believe Whatever We Want To Believe.

He Who Confers A Favor Should At Once Forget It, If He Is Not To Show A Sordid Ungenerous Spirit. To Remind A Man Of A Kindness Conferred And To Talk Of It, Is Little Different From Reproach.

Nothing Is Easier Than Self-deceit.

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.

A Man Is His Own Easiest Dupe, For What He Wishes To Be True He Generally Believes To Be True.

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