Civility is a charm that attracts the love of all men.

Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon temptations.

Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth, as some kind of creatures do their food, to be ruminated upon till all the valuable parts be extracted.

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

The sharpest sting of adversity it borrows from our own impatience.

Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.

It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and good advice when they are wanted.

Observe a method in the distribution of your time. Every hour will then know its proper employment, and no time will be lost

Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue.

Poems are difficult to silence.

if you don't write it down, then it never happened

Dream and dare the world to object

Language was just that thing that happened when you opened your mouth at the table, squeezed a few noises out of your vocal chords, and induced Socrates thereby to pass the salt.

We’re trying to rebuild society, not plunge it back into chaos.” – character quote

A lot of what Groupon is generating is demand for something people didn't know they wanted.

We live in this world, not another one that we'd prefer, and sometimes it's necessary to follow painful paths if we hope to provide at least a little help for suffering people.

There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.

And when the Patrician was unhappy, he became very democratic. He found intricate and painful ways of spreading that unhappiness as far as possible.

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.