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

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

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

It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman.

When i'm with you my blood flows smoothly through

I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home.

Adversity makes men wise but not rich.

The most revolutionary thing you can do is get to know your neighbors.

People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.

Even as the cell is the unit of the organic body, so the family is the unit of society.

I want to change peoples' minds about music, I want to bring the really brutal experimental stuff to peoples' attention.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.