Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

I am no enemy of Nepal being a fully literate society. It is a good thing for society and the nation as a whole.

I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.

How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?... Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well.

Speaking with many young people, they act like their virginity is something you have to turn the page very quickly on. "It's done."

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

I don't live under the burden of worries. Problems and challenges are there, you can't deny that. But you must challenge the challenges and not let the challenges turn into worries.

You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.

If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying is voluntary.