For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.

For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other mens lives.

Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.