When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.

History is so indifferently rich, that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean.

If you wish to be loved, be modest; if you wish to be admired, be proud; if you wish both, combine external modesty with internal pride.

The finger that turns the dial rules the air.