Classic Moments Daily

Those who make light of telling lies

The ultimate result of stirring up strife

The power of empire and indifference to oaths and covenants

The misfortune of empire

Emulate the judgement of men who exercise great forethought

Everyone would rather be courted by his children as a man of means

Condemn those who squander their patrimony

The consequences of lying

A lesson from Lysias: Men who have spent their lives committing serious offenses but act as if they performed a great service

Designing persons make life dangerous for all not just the miscreant

A despot's course

Tyrants and power

Those who seek not to rule but to dominate

We ought not to emulate the despot

Hating those who denounce your mistakes

Convert young men to good

Hold fast to your neighbors

Exhorting sedition

Commend those who admonish you

Gain and Loss of an Empire

When judges are overruled by politicians

When the condemned are released

Do not pin your hopes on the blunders of your enemies

The power of steadfast friends

Quit life as if it were an inn, not a home

The character of those who represent us

Contempt of virtue

Carelessness in the choice and treatment of our friends