It is men who make a city, not walls or ships.

Don't confuse meaning with truth.

Men's indignation, it seems, is more exited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

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

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.