"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors,..." - Quote by Aristotle

“The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.”

“Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.”

“The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.”

“It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.”

“. . . nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle.”

“No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature, knowing himself for a man, and the equal of any and all governments. In that sense he was the most American of us all.”

“A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.”

“Youth loves honor and victory more than money.”

“Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.”