...and for that they were rich,/And robbed the poor; and for that they were strong,/And scourged the weak; and for that they made laws/Which turned the sweat of labor's brow to blood! - /For these their sins the nations cast them out.

Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight.

When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.

His foodWas glory, which was poison to his mindAnd peril to his body.

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.

Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets, for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.