Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.
Thornton Wilder

I eat everything that nature voluntarily gives:  fruits, vegetables, and the products of plants.  But I ask you to spare me what animals are forced to surrender: meat, milk,cheese, and their life.
Author Unknown

The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way.
Virgil

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Voltaire