I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Under a sky that hasn't been blue for weeks.

To whom do I owe the first apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me.

You want to fall in love with a shoe, go ahead. A shoe can't love you back, but, on the other hand, a shoe can't hurt you too deeply either. And there are so many nice-looking shoes.

How wicked, my brothers, innocent milk must always seem to me now.

If you care too much about what other people think, you will always be their prisoner. Lao Tzu

I do not think any reasonable person can doubt that in India, China and Japan, if the knowledge of birth control existed, the birthrate would fall very rapidly

Politicians, old buildings, and prostitutes become respectable with age.

After a good night sleep, I wake up the next day, and I say, 'Come on, Tea Party, let’s get it on.'

A true sportsman is a hunter lost in the woods and out of ammo.

We're not sexists, we're chauvinists - we're male chauvinist pigs, and we're happy to be because we think that's what men were destined to be. We think that's what women want.