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.

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

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again

Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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

If Athens shall appear great to you, consider then that her glories were purchased by valiant men, and by men who learned their duty.

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