Concerning the dead nothing but good shall be spoken. [Lat., De mortuis nil nisi bonum.]

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.

Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.

When I die, I would love to die smiling. If however I forget this, I hope I have someone there to make me smile.

These are open secrets, so to speak. Of the kind we dare not articulate, for fear of wounding those close to us.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

To be rich is not the end but only a change of worries.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.

I’m not interested in teaching books by women.

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

I can explain all the poems that were ever invented - and a good many that haven't been invented just yet.