What We Wish, That We Readily Believe.

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

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive Oneself; For What We Wish, We Readily Believe.

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

There Is A Great Deal Of Wishful Thinking In Such Cases It Is The Easiest Thing Of All To Deceive Ones Self.

The More Able A Man Is, If He Make Ill Use Of His Abilities, The More Dangerous Will He Be To The Commonwealth.