“A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.”

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.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God’s favor.

Wine, madam, is God’s next best gift to man.

Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It’s an act of faith. It’s saying that even though I can’t see where this river is flowing, I trust it will take me in the right direction.

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.