Demosthenes: “No wonder then that he, marching and toiling in person, present on all occasions, neglecting no time or season, prevails…”

For, had they undertaken the war at your instance, they might have been slippery allies, with minds but half resolved perhaps: but since they hate him on a quarrel of their own, their enmity is like to endure on account of their fears and…

To this point are the affairs of Athens brought, that the more fully and clearly one convicts Philip of violating the peace with you, and plotting against the whole of Greece, the more difficult it becomes to advise you how to act.

Choose which ye think expedient; and put hands to the work, while it is yet time.

On many occasions, men of Athens, one may see the kindness of the gods to this country manifested, but most signally, I think, on the present.