He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.

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.

It is not all about what you can get but all about what you can give

It’s not a war. It’s an annihilation, ” he’d mumbled low for her ears only. She’d been unable to respond, only focusing on her own breath and marveling that she in fact was still breathing.

Most important, for openers, work six hours a day, seven days a week for six years. Then if you like it you can get serious about it.

Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it in a certain way and produce art.

Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.

I want to see more companies do profit-sharing. If you help create the profits, you should be able to share in them, not just the executives at the top.

The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.

Inspiration Unlimited is more than an e-Magazine. I would rather call it an alchemy of learning and inspiration. It really inspires many people in many ways.

There is no profit in deceit. An honest man knows revenge is not sweet.

I'm not living in the shadows anymore. I want to walk in the sun. But I can't do that without you.