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

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

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.

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

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

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

Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while there exists equal justice to all and alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit