It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous

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.

Listen to God's speech in his wondrous, terrible, gentle, loving, all-embracing silence.

Recording happiness made it last longer, we felt, and recording sorrow dramatized it and took away its bitterness; and often we settled some problem which beset us even while we wrote about it.

I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to assert stoutly the possession of whatever you lack.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

I think we are responsible for the universe, but that doesn't mean we decide anything.

Abundant, cheap electricity has been the greatest source of human liberation in the 20th century.

Pardon me for finding the glass half full.

Destiny waits in the hand of God, not in the hands of statesmen.