That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

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.

Do you know how to hide a dead body?

What is more important for the world right now than preserving ways of living in balance with the earth?

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

One advantage of bad bidding is that you get practice at playing atrocious contracts.

Sharing a triumph with someone you love is an incredible high.

It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

Quotations have always been supremely effective rhetorical devices, instruments of one-upmanship, ways of supporting any position under the sun with borrowed or stolen authority.

But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

Americans ... have wrought a country that has after more than two centuries yet to evidence a single year during which it was not making war upon someone, somewhere, for some reason.