Classic Moments Daily

To condemn the innocent for impiety is no less an act of impiety than to acquit the guilty

Contributions to the Treasury and provision of choruses may be satisfactory evidence of wealth; but they are anything but evidence of innocence

No one would venture either to disregard the sentence passed upon him because he was sure that he had had no part in the crime, or to disobey the law

It is, therefore, utter folly to seek to justify yourself to those who are not minded like other men

Men who plot against what belongs to others

None so depraved as those who charge others with offenses of which they themselves are guilty

Chastising the innocent as well as the guilty raises suspicion

Those who do not oppose wrong are just as guilty