"I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderable city to g…"

"May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers."

"Strike, if you will, but hear."

"For the Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your mother commands me, and you command your …"

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

"Themistocles was a man who exhibited the most indubitable signs of genius; indeed, in this particular he has a claim …"

"You deceive your countrymen with words, in dissuading them from war, since under the name of peace you are bringing u…"

"As to supposing that I am emulous of , you are mistaken; for he, with the support of all Greece, hardly took one city…"

"It was his habit to appear at all times with a well-groomed body and a cheerful countenance, but on the day after tha…"