Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.