Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.

All men desire by nature to know.

Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.

Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]

Happiness is a sort of action.