It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.

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.

I like home. It’s warm and there are books.

The happiest of endings begin with a struggle so embrace yours

Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

The world [is] now seeing might is right.

They aren't common, but enormously interesting. How can it be that you've been together that long and you're still intensely in love with them?

I'll remember you. When I've forgotten all the rest.You to me were true. You to me were the best.

Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.

Dogs act exactly the way we would act if we had no shame.

Love is nothing but lust misspelled.

The spirit of a nation is what counts-the look in its eyes.