The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

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.

Reading can break us out of the tunnel vision of the narrow specialty and lead us into many intriguing and important avenues of thought.

The strongest shoulders are not the well-built shoulders of a weight lifter who carries iron dumbbells, but they are of a mother’s weak shoulders which carry three children!

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

Without community, there is no liberation.

I've found out why men sign their names to their works- not that they created them but more than the others did not.

I'm into politics, and I love watching the heavier news magazine shows.

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.

A world based on machine images is a world filled with boundaries. In a machine, every piece knows its place.

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

The sidelong glance is what you depend on.