What We Wish, That We Readily Believe.

Clouds Cannot Cover Secret Places, Nor Denials Conceal Truth.

Every Advantage In The Past Is Judged In The Light Of The Final Issue.

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.

Close Alliances With Despots Are Never Safe For Free States.

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