Sallust

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.