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.

The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

When you feel yourself lacking something, send your thoughts towards your Intimate and search for the Divinity that lives within you.