If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.