Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Adversity makes men remember God.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

We are human only in contact, and conviviality, with what is not human.

Place your allegiance and respect in what is everlasting and real, not in the transitory and false.

You can either control yourself by simple two lines of bitter truth, OR by confusing yourself in long stories to comfort with a lie

Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.

Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel

Funny is when you're serious.

True love turns words and feelings into actions.

A sin is anything you do which goes against yourself

We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind?

Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.