I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

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.

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 have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Every man is insane, however only a few actually have true insanity.

You have to make the right choice in order to have the right to change the world... Take hold of this chance right away!

Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners.

The future is a strange monster. The less there is of it, the more it frightens.

For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it's the opposite.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university.

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.