If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.

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.

When I became too much myself, I had to change my life.

Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I have noticed that no sooner do people embark on a course of action which they do not find wholly satisfactory than they muster every argument to persuade others to imitate it.

We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self.

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.

To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct.

The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?

To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.

When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to see good white lands And bad black lands— But the scene is grey.