For every man, however laudably he lives, yet yields in some points to the lust of the flesh.

A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals.

The end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest.

Indeed, the only cause of their [Rome] perishing was that they chose for their protectors gods condemned to perish.

Success isn't specially reserved for anyone

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

Liberation is an interesting word, because you can be liberated from external things, and also from your internal dialogue.

But the branches of industry are so multifarious, the divisions of labour so minutes and manifold, that it seems at first almost impossible to reduce them to any system

A diary is the last place to go if you wish to seek the truth about a person. Nobody dares to make the final confession to themselves on paper: or at least, not about love.

AB de Villiers is the definition of a Cricketing Genius

Next time you see an unblemished expanse of grass, think about the chemicals that probably got dumped in your vicinity to create it. Are you grateful for that?

Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans.

You will be remembered, in the long haul, for the quality of your work, not the quantity of your work. No one evaluates Picasso based on the number of paintings he churned out.