An Honor Prudently Declined Often Returns With

That Sense – The Only True Patriotism – Comes Slowly And Springs From The Heart: It Is Founded Upon Respect For The Family And Love For The Soil. Premature ‘liberty’ Of This Kind Would Have Been A Disaster: We Should Have Been Torn To Pieces By Petty Squabbles Before We Had Ever Reached Political Maturity, Which, As Things Were, As Made Possible By The Long Quiet Years Under Monarchical Government; For It Was That Government Which, As It Were, Nursed Our Strength And Enabled Us Ultimately To Produce Sound Fruit From Liberty, As Only A Politically Adult Nation Can.

Fame Opportunely Despised Often Comes Back Redoubled.

Rome Has Grown Since Its Humble Beginnings That It Is Now Overwhelmed By Its Own Greatness.

Adversity Makes Men Remember God.

In Difficult And Desperate Cases, The Boldest Counsels Are The Safest.