“Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.”

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

Prosperity engenders sloth.

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.

This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

Valor is the soldier’s adornment.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Everyone has the right to run his own life- even if you’re heading for a crash. What I’m against is blind flying.

People say love is blind because they do not know what love is. I say unto you, only love has eyes; other than love, everything is blind.

Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.

There’s a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don’t be blind

Music is color blind.

Music is color blind.

Music is color blind.

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.