He who commands the sea has command of everything.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.

The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.

I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.

Strike, if you will, but listen.

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

Life is a game where fair players are winners! But as for the "injury causers", "red-card" sees their end off!

The most sacred thing is to be able to shut your own door.

To visit a new country for the first time is great fun; but it is even greater fun to introduce somebody else to a country that you know.

"All men are born equal and free" is not Nature's law in the literal sense.

I have my own strength.

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

Chris Washburne is a superior hard bop player.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.