It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.

As a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellence with one tongue.

In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.

It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.

In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.

To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill.

Marke all Mathematicall heades, which be onely and wholy bent to those sciences, how solitarie they be themselues, how vnfit to liue with others, & how vnapte to serue in the world.

A man reacheth not to excellence with one language.

Mathematical Mark all mathematical heads, which be only and wholly bent to those sciences, how solitary they be themselves, how unfit to live with others, and how unapt to serve in the world.

We must imagine our lives well. We must engage our conscience. Conscience is the voice of God in the nature and heart of man.

The thing they're trying to stop is 30-million people getting health insurance. That's the substance.

Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with $10 million are no happier than people with $9 million.

I take classified materials very seriously and always have.

But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.

Ted, damned if I'm not impressed with your candor!

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

Communism was overthrown by life, by thought, by dignity.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.