Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades.

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.

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

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.

Death is beautiful, part of life... No, it is sad. It’s sad when anyone dies. Even though every single human dies. So it’s really not that sad.

The story is more important to me than the part.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

As Vivacity is the Gift of Women, Gravity is that of Men.

Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.

I fail to see what difference it makes whether it be supernatural or not--so long as it is malefic, possesses great powers and life span and has the ability to change its shape at will.

For those orderly folks who have life all neatly arranged in their heads, who do more accepting than questioning, unschooling is a disturbing thing.

The ability to hurt someone is usually in direct proportion to how much that person cares about you.

My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press.

I'm the national champion of Jamaica now, I go into the Olympics like this.