Sophocles

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.