Ambrose Phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, Namby Pamby.

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.

Direct your attention to men and find ways to put smiles on their faces

Serving humanity is not beneath spiritual pursuit

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

I took some comp for non-comp major classes with Giacomo Bracali and Ludmila Ulela, who was a really famous composition teacher.

My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

While you make pretty speeches I'm being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.