An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

Believe what you believe and it will be, believe what others believe and they will consume you!

Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.

When you are out in the land, OK, you have the land but you are alone with it. And sometimes it is too much.

The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.

Great intimates conform to you...not you to them

It's not my fault so much as my genius.

What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older.

You'll never find light by analyzing the darkness.