The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole, and by yielding in a small matter secures a greater.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.

To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in Temple rites because it carried the vibratory rhythms of other worlds and of a life beyond the mortal.

The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.

They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.