Money must be had; without it nothing proper can be done.

Every king and despot is a foe to freedom, an antagonist to laws.

Or when, O Athenians, shall we be willing to act as becomes us?

Good luck is for those who are in a position to avail themselves of it.

It became a maxim in their politics, that the end justified the means.

Do not imagine, that his empire is everlastingly secured to him as a god.

That which is the most lamentable in the past is best for the future.