“Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.”

And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens.

For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it.

The peoples of the Mediterranean began to emerge from barbarism when they learned to cultivate the olive and the vine.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet not withstanding go out to meet it.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.

He who graduates the harshest school, succeeds.

Contempt for an assailant is best shown by bravery in action.

The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights.

There is always more information than attention.

I try to just pay attention to what I’m feeling. If something is scary to me, then that’s sometimes a good sign – although, sometimes it’s not.

What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.

There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life… I think I must have been crying for some attention.

I’m not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.