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.

Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

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.

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster; because she has expended more life and effort in war than any other city, and has won for herself a power greater than any hitherto known, the memory of which will descend to the latest posterity.