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Your surest protection is the good will of your subjects and your own wisdom. Interest yourself in the homes of your citizens; their resources are yours, if you rule well. Show that your city is well disposed towards strangers, and that it abides by its contracts. Value rather those who desire favours at your hands than those who wish to bestow favours on you.
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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