Demosthenes: “By the gods! only consider and reflect among yourselves, what must have been the spirit, what the dignity of those…”

The present crisis, O Athenians, requires, if any ever did, much thought and counsel.

To censure, I may be told, is easy for any man; to show what measures the case requires, is the part of a counselor.

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

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.