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.

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

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

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.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.