Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

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.

And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

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

He passes through life most securely who has least reason to reproach himself with complaisance toward his enemies.

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

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.