Men Are Seldom Blessed With Good Fortune

Avarice And Luxury, Those Evils Which Have Been The Ruin Of Every Great State.

Events Of Great Consequence Often Spring From Trifling Circumstances.

Treachery, Though At First Very Cautious, In The End Betrays Itself.

Those Ills Are Easiest To Bear With Which We Are Most Familiar.

This Was The Athenians' War Against The King Of Macedon, A War Of Words. Words Are The Only Weapons The Athenians Have Left.