Demosthenes: “O heavens! would any rational being judge by words rather than by actions, who is at peace with him and who at war?”

It must then be our care, Athenians, that we are not more unkind to ourselves than circumstances have been; as it would be a foul, a most foul reproach, to have abandoned not only cities and places that once belonged to us, but also the…

But look to this, Athenians, that our envoys shall not only make speeches, but have some real proof that we have gone forth as becomes our country, and are engaged in action.

So report says, and I can well believe it; for undeserved success leads weak-minded men into folly; and thus it appears often, that to maintain prosperity is harder than to acquire it.

I request you, if I speak my mind, to be patient, and consider only, whether I speak the truth, and with a view to future amendment.