In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

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

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

You create the action, the chances, the opportunities, the wealth, the happiness, the success, the rhythm, the speed, you control all the outcomes in your life!

Now as through this world I ramble I see lots of funny men Some rob you with a six gun Some with a fountain pen.

Supernatural perhaps...baloney, perhaps not!

I'm a big stupid history nerd.

Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.

As we grow old we slowly come to believe that everything will turn out badly for us, and that failure is in the nature of things; but then we do not much mind what happens to us one way or the other.

What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.

Control your thoughts and you control your circumstance.

People in the future look back on primitive machinery or technology or painting, and in some ways, it always seems amazingly intricate and finely wrought.

It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.