In private matters everyone is equal before the law. In public matters, when it is a question of putting power and responsibility into the hands of one man rather than another, what counts is not rank or money, but the ability to do the job well.

Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you.

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

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.

Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a more shameful thing yet.

Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.