Immoderate grief is selfish, harmful, brings no advantage to either the mourner or the mourned, and dishonors the dead.

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.

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.

The toughest thing to do in politics is to do the right thing when your supporters think the right thing is something else.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

Always keep an 'out' in your hip pocket.

Everybody's got brain matter in their hair, and somehow that makes it a very happy workplace.

My daughter is exceptionally chatty. I'm not a braggy mother but she is gifted - with the personality of a Russian gymnastics coach.

If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you!

I now realize that the small hills you see on ski slopes are formed around the bodies of forty-seven-year-olds who tried to learn snowboarding.

Once Playboy came to me, all the preachers ran. I needed to pose in Playboy to make money.

I think there's a certain sense of grounding that comes from not being a rich kid from a media-elite school.