He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.

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.

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy

Childhood - a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

What I'm going for with the string arrangements for my Antarctic symphony is a pun here.

Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear

I don't really have a talent. I can't sing or act or dance or perform, those talents. All I can do is be myself.

On me your voice falls as they say love should, Like an enormous yes.

The sky was pure opal now.

You weren't able to talk sense into him?" Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death." I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

Even my agents say, 'We don't know what this business is anymore.'