It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Never start a day or activity without a plan. Learn to plan your work, and then work your plan.

Instead of begging to be picked by others, you have the choice to pick yourself and build your brand

Ready or not, here I comeI'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seekOlly olly oxen freeShow yourself, you're scaring meCome out, come out, where ever you areYou've taken this thing way too far

It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it "social justice".

Character is perfectly educated will.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.

Im more keen on the person Im involved with showing me his commitment rather than going through a marriage to display commitment to the world.

There is no excuse for a professional footballer not to be 100% fit.

Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.