As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
Demosthenes

I am a citizen of the world.
Demosthenes

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
Demosthenes

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
Demosthenes

What we wish, that we readily believe.
Demosthenes

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
Demosthenes

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.
Demosthenes

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Demosthenes