A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Life becomes empty if we fill it with worthless thoughts and deeds.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

If you stop at general math, you're only going to make general math money.

Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?

Er, I say, are you going to be able to get me out?

Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.” “You? A Princess Bride quote?” I croaked. “What is that?” she asked.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor brought critical qualities to the high court that not everybody thinks are qualities - I happen to think they are - her pragmatism and her state craft.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.