I maintain, then, that we should make peace, not only with the Chians, the Rhodians, the Byzantines and the Coans, but with all mankind.

Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes.

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought.

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.

We should not call a city happy because it attracts masses of citizens from everywhere; a fortunate city is one in which the race of the original inhabitants is best preserved.

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

But I marvel when I observe these men setting themselves up as instructors of youth who cannot see that they are applying the analogy of an art with hard and fast rules to a creative process

There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.

Whenever I made money I invested in myself... I bought whatever I needed to make my career better. I never really spent money on other stuff, like buying expensive cars.

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.