Fighting men are the city's fortress.

Fighting men are the city's fortress.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts read more

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to read more

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me read more

Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is
saved.
[Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de
mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la
vie qui est sauve.]

Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish read more

Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
For others' good, or melt at others' woe.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
And in her heart she scorns our poverty.

She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
And in her heart she scorns our poverty.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to read more

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.