How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.

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 travel the world, and I can see in Toronto the cooking is very personal. These people cook with their hearts.

The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.

Advertising is the life of trade.

There's that issue of if you attack someone you don't know where the votes are going to go.

Humility means freedom. It provides growth and takes you out of the cycle of change that you are currently in, which is stagnation.

Don't block your blessings. Don't let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be.

I brought Hassan’s son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty

I'm really happy for [David Petraeus]. He's exceptionally talented.

The message is going to be the same. It's very simple. We're either going to turn to each other or on each other.