A slave is but half a man.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Ignorance can be cured, but stupidity is forever

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

By words the mind is winged.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer.

Buy laughter with tears, and you'll be rich forever.

When you were too young and naïve to see the risks, I incurred your wrath to protect you. Scream at me for it if you must. Thank me for it when you finally grow up.

I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.

They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But that would be later. Lay Ter.

It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they're on the other side of the world.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [Omnes relinquite spes, o vos intrantes]

I agree that zinc is one of the important micro-nutrients but people require a balanced blend of food for our biological engines.

Mexico is a country we Americans should be cultivating a positive dialogue about how we work together to make ourselves more secure and more competitive vis-a-vis the rest of the world.

We shall progress inch by inch.