Ambition can creep as well as soar.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets.
Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state.
A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered.