A great empire and little minds go ill together.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.