Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.

We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness.

I could have wished that the reputations of many brave men were not to be imperilled in the mouth of a single individual, to stand or fall according as he spoke well or ill. For it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth.

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

Three of the gravest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.