But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature.

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.

We don't have to push each other out of the way, because the universe will push us out of the way, or push us towards our goals when it's time.

If you focus on the flaws of others it takes away from the improvements that you may need to make.

The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.

Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big.

I don't use a debit card. The safest thing is a credit card because you're using the bank's money. If someone accesses your information, they are stealing the bank's money, not yours.

The sinner's prayer has sent more people to Hell than all the bars in America.

I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad but that is my observation.

I don't take a lot of notice of odds.

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.