I see the cure is not worth the pain.

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.

Adversity is a good opportunity for self-realisation.

What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible...

It would then be brought abruptly to an end, for the brightness had shown suffering the way.

Dorothy: Shut up, just shut up. You had me at "hello".- From Jerry Maguire, 1996

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate.

I love my girlfriend to bits. I'd never do anything to hurt her.

I'm not a good lover, but at least I'm fast.

Only the fire of life can melt the chains of death.

After all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.