A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can do your brain.

The future starts within a second from now.The past was, within a second ago.

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

Compound interest is the eighth natural wonder of the world and the most powerful thing I have ever encountered.

The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.

The minute you feel you have given a faultless performance is the time to get out.

He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted.

Cooking may be a creative art, but it's also a wonderful full-time hobby.

Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.

[T]he judicious reader ought to know what the chief character in any work of the imagination will naturally perform, according to the situation he is thrown into, as well as doth the author himself.