I have read somewhere or other, - in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, - that history is philosophy teaching by examples.

Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.

History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.

Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.

A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom prescribes to infinite power.

To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken care to appear such in their writings.

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!

Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.

Maisie bit her lip. She had learned that sometimes it was best to let words die of their own accord, rather than fight them.

To create peace, be a soldier of peace with a pen not a soldier of war with a gun.

Cuba changed you. I changed you. And you are changing me.

Why don’t we keep that secret? Hunters will lose their reputations if we’re seen saving puppies and painting flowers.

When you see someone draining you, your being naturally cuts it off. Yet many times you can be manipulated not to see.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.

Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait.

All testify to the coercion and sacrifice which culture imposes on man. To rely on them and deny the decline is to become even more firmly caught in its fatal coils.