Demosthenes: “You behold Philip, I said, a dispenser of gifts and promises: pray, if you are wise, that you may never know him for a…”

He has risen by conciliating and cajoling the weakness of every people in turn who knew him not.

If a man keep what he gets, he is thankful to fortune; if he lose it by imprudence, he loses withal his memory of the obligation.

Could decrees of themselves compel you to perform your duty, or execute what they prescribe, neither would you with many decrees have accomplished little or nothing, nor would Philip have insulted you so long.

And methinks, men of Athens, any man fairly estimating what the gods have done for us, notwithstanding many untoward circumstances, might with reason be grateful to them.