Lying is a most disgraceful vice; it first despises God, and then fears men.

Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.

Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

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.