And surely to conquer one's enemies by generosity and equity is of far higher service than any victory in the field; for to arms the...

Julian (Roman Emperor) now forbade pheasants, or sausages, or even sow's udder to be served up to him, contenting himself with the cheap...

A friend of Mark Twain could not find a job: He said, with an outburst of pathetic longing, “If I could only get a job at the Pioneer!”...

Temperaments are born, not made, and they cannot be changed, by time, nor training, nor by any other force. Twain, Mark. Autobiography of...

a maxim of mine that whenever a man preferred being fed by any other man to starving in independence he ought to be shot. Twain, Mark....

Can we imagine how distinguished Menenius Agrippa must have been if the Senate and plebs chose him as the man to make peace between them?...

Alexander may have acquired the reputation of being unconquerable, but he was unable to conquer the self-restraint of Diogenes the Cynic....

Fabricius Luscinus felt the same way. In his day, he held the highest offices and exercised the greatest influence in the entire state,...

I shall begin with the birth of our highest public office. Valerius won the name of Publicola (devoted to the people) because he had such...

The bravest commanders do not allow me to linger any longer on these frivolous stories. His fellow citizens were angry with Epaminondas,...

Scipio matched this confidence after he had landed in Africa. Two spies sent by Hannibal were caught in his camp, and when they were...

He had an extraordinary physical beauty and hardihood and an exceedingly shrewd and courageous spirit; he was unsurpassed in his love of...

Nearkhos relates that some of Alexander’s friends were severe with him, reproaching him because he put himself in danger out in front of...

When Alexander learned that Poros was approaching, he met him in front of the line with a few of the Companions. Halting his horse, he...

The morning after that ardently wished-for day on which we took possession of the Palace of the Kings of France I observed to Bonaparte...

Bonaparte had confided the secret of his plans to very few persons – to those only whose assistance he wanted. The rest mechanically...

Bonaparte’s principle was, as he himself has often told me, to look upon religions as the work of men, but to respect them everywhere as...

…the incense prodigally offered up to him, did not however seduce him from his retired habits. Lately the conqueror and ruler of Italy,...

Samuel Shaw to the Rev. Eliot I cannot dismiss this subject without observing, that it is happy for America that she has a patriot army,...

George Washington: Circular to the State Governments "America has been almost amused out of her liberties. We have frequently heard the...

George Washington: Address to the Continental Congress, June 16, 1775: “Mr. President, Tho’ I am truly sensible of the high Honour done...

Amasis established the following daily routine for himself. He worked diligently on serious matters of government from dawn until the...

And so after Apries had been deposed, Amasis became king. He was from the Saitic home, and Siouph is the name of his native city. The...

I was so much dissatisfied with Warren’s dilatory movements in the battle of White Oak Road and in his failure to reach Sheridan in time,...