What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.

I like to quote myself frequently and often, it makes me sound much more intelligent than I actually am.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?" Caesar: "My friend, taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.

Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity