Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

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.

People will say anything, especially if they think it's what you want to hear. What we do is what matters. The proof of words is in actions.

There is no greater heaven the heart of a loving mother

A shame. As promising as a sky full'a rainbows but as useful as a bag'a dirt.

Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.

Tis a question whether adversity or prosperity makes the most poets.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

Evolution is nothing but matter become conscious of itself.

For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else could publish, or publish equally well. So there's that.

Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.

More is required than a common last name to truly be called a family.