Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not a public chore to be gotten over with. It is a way of life.

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

The new king [Alexander the Great] should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate him.

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

Come back with your shield - or on it