Men are least safe from what success induces them not to fear.

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.

I've always privately suspected that Jesus is in favor of revolutionaries, seeing as how he was a bit of one himself.

Love with men is not a sentiment but an idea.

Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it

For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and principles by means of which new theories can be created.

Friendship's an abstract of this noble flame, 'Tis love refin'd, and purged from all its dross, 'Tis next to angel's love, if not the same, As strong in passion is, though not so gross.

Constant talkers are unheard.

The issue of cyber-security, cyber-crime, and cyber-malfeasance has an impact on a whole range of issues, not the least of which is civil liberties, political activity, and so on and so forth.

When it's a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you're riffing off other people's ideas, that actually can be productive.

I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early.