Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Don't confuse meaning with truth.

One's sense of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and the last pleasure, when one is worn out with age, is not, as the poet said, making money, but having the respect of one's fellow men.

A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen of a prosperous city, he is much more likely to recover. Seeing, then, that States can bear the misfortunes of individuals, but individuals cannot bear the misfortunes of States, let us all stand by our country.

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.

I dread our own mistakes more than the enemy's intentions.

So little trouble do men take in the search after truth; so readily do they accept whatever comes first to hand.