Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

To be preparedis half the victory.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.