Demosthenes: “Yet the Greeks endure to see all this; methinks they view it as they would a hailstorm, each praying that it may not…”

You see to what wretched plight we are reduced by some men haranguing for popularity.

If it be his principle, ever to do more than he has done, and yours, to apply yourselves vigorously to nothing, see what the end promises to be.

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.

As a house, a ship, or the like, ought to have the lower parts firmest, so in human conduct, I ween, the principle and foundation should be just and true.