An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Just as typography is human speech translated into what can be read, so photography is the translation of reality into a readable image.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

I understood. I suffered. But whose sake was I suffering for? I kept thinking of Señor Saguaro's question: Whose affection do you value more, hers or the others'?

As with all travel, replacing familiar surroundings with the unknown fires an electric charge that awakens a sense of adventure.

At first, many people infected with the zombie virus experienced similar symptoms to Ebola.

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.

Ann Romney talking about middle class moms is like Chris Christie talking about a salad

Houses are for private living, for friends, and for dogs.

A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

If the climate were a bank, they would already have saved it.

I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.