It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings. — Elizabeth Bowen

Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law — inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods.

[U]ntruths are thieves, robbing us of a birthright.

[T]here is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear.