"By descending into hades, He made hades captive. He embittered it when it tasted of His flesh. ... It took a body, and met God face to face. ... Christ is risen, and you are overthrown! Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen! Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice! Christ is risen, and life reigns! Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in a tomb! For Christ, being raised from the dead, has become the first-fruits of them that have slept."

"Let all partake of the feast of faith. Let all receive the riches of goodness. Let no one lament their poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn their transgressions, for pardon has dawned from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Saviour's death has set us free."

"The Master is gracious and receives the last even as the first; He gives rest to him that comes at the eleventh hour, just as to him who has labored from the first. He has mercy upon the last and cares for the first; to the one He gives, and to the other He is gracious. He both honors the work and praises the intention."

"Nothing is more miserable than those people who never failed to attack their own salvation. When there was need to observe the Law, they trampled it under foot. … On this account Stephen said: "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart, you always resist the Holy Spirit", not only by transgressing the Law but also by wishing to observe it at the wrong time."

"[T]he Jewish people were driven by their drunkenness and plumpness to the ultimate evil; they kicked about, they failed to accept the yoke of Christ, nor did they pull the plow of his teaching. Another prophet hinted at this when he said: "Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer." … Although such beasts are unfit for work, they are fit for killing. And this is what happened to the Jews: while they were making themselves unfit for work, they grew fit for slaughter. This is why Christ said: "But as for these my enemies, who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and slay them." (Luke 19:27)"

"I beg that, chiefest of all, you will remember constantly that not to share our own riches with the poor is a robbery of the poor, and a depriving them of their livelihood; and that that which we possess is not only our own, but also theirs. If our minds are disposed in accordance with this truth, we shall freely use all our possessions; we shall feed Christ while hungering here, and we shall lay up great treasures there."

"O most grateful burden, which comforts them that carry it! The burdens of earthly masters gradually wear out the strength of those who carry them; but the burden of Christ assists the bearers of it, because we carry not grace, but grace us."

"The easiest thing in the world is self-deceit; for every man believes what he wishes, though the reality is often different."

"ὥσπερ γὰρ οἰκίας, οἶμαι, καὶ πλοίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων τὰ κάτωθεν ἰσχυρότατ᾽ εἶναι δεῖ, οὕτω καὶ τῶν πράξεων τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ὑποθέσεις ἀληθεῖς καὶ δικαίας εἶναι προσήκει"

"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."

"Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!"

"Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.""

"Demosthenes met war with war only because submitting to brute force can give but a debasing peace. The strong who hold all the rewards in their hands had no degrading attraction for him. At one stroke and for always he gave himself to that subtly inconsequential people — inconsequential because its yoked strength and weakness pulled against each other as they were alternately attracted by the fleeting flatteries it was eager to give and to receive. In the worst trials, respectful of the Athenian ideal to which he had consecrated his life, he remained immutably faithful to his City and to Hellas, through which the civilization that we glory in was enabled to live and flourish."

"Demosthenes would have saved his country had it consented to be saved."

"Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue."

"The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once."

"No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

"It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery."

"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

"Of orators, if I must choose you any, it shall be Demosthenes, both for the argument he handles, and for that his eloquence is more proper to a statesman than Cicero's."

"Delivery, delivery, delivery."

"Union gives strength."

"Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing."

"The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction."

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

"The gods help them that help themselves."

"The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'"

"The boy cried "Wolf, wolf!" and the villagers came out to help him."

"Slow and steady wins the race."

"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction."

"Put your shoulder to the wheel."

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."

"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."

"In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest."

"I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath."

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety."

"Familiarity breeds contempt."

"I am sure the grapes are sour."

"Enemies' promises were made to be broken."

"Don't cry over spilt milk."

"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched."

"Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing."

"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."

"Appearances often are deceiving."

"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."