A beggarly people, A church and no steeple.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Life is ever changing. We can always adapt to the new changes.

The basis of Cosmic Ordering is the belief that the universe is not dead matter, but pure energy which responds to our vibrations and to our frequencies.

That's the world out there, little green apples and infectious disease.

In conclusion, I invite the media to all grow a pair. And if you can't, I will lend you mine.

I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!

Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.

Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.

An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.

You learn your lessons from the mistakes you make, not the things you achieve.

After the Soft Boys I just didn't want to work with any more guitarists.