Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.

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.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

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

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

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