As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

The well-known old remark of Cato, who used to wonder how two soothsayers could look one another in the face without laughing.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

All great men are partially inspired.

Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.