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.

We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation of facts will fall short of what is really true.

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

For the whole earth is the tomb of famous men; not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

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

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