“An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.”

You must keep her on a tight rein.

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood.

Not at all. Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters . . .

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

Farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.

When you have arrived at your country house and have saluted your household, you should make the rounds of the farm the same day, if possible; if not, then certainly the next day.

I can pardon everybody’s mistakes except my own.

I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.

The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.

There’s some task which the God of all the universe, the great Creator, your redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do.

London is a fantastic creator of jobs – but many of these jobs are going to people who don’t originate in this country.

Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.