Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Hope is a great expectancy.

Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years.

America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's History shall reveal itself.

I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you'll see what I mean.

They actually think I would abandon the Commander. they have no concept of loyalty.

When you compete with someone as good or better than you, you may not always win, but you never lose.

See me in that new thing, bums is gaggin

I was the laziest white kid my dad ever met.

If you go and watch the way the primitive tribes live, you will know what work is in relation to celebration. They work the whole day so they can sing and dance with abandon at night.

Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.