Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

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.

Betsy dreamed about going away from Deep Valley, but she didn't for a moment suspect that around a bend in her Winding Hall of Fate a journey was actually waiting.

I blink January’s lashesand gush down December’s cheeks

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman

Many men go into the ministry not only for the power trip involved, but also so that they will never have to be interrupted or contradicted.

I was eccentric, even as a kid. I was an early reader, an early talker. I was very curious in a way that maybe the other kids weren't. I was a little more outgoing.

Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.

I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.

Our true enemies are: ignorance and limitation.

Life is a test and this world a place of trial.