It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

The modest man has everything to gain, and the arrogant man everything to lose; for modesty has always to deal with generosity, and arrogance with envy.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

The dark war consciousness and pride have seized upon the weak, with great cynicisms and glib, soulless intellects, that grind away like robotic gears at what they despise and can never understand.

Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.

[Apple] make nothing in the United States, virtually.

When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

A gentleman is someone who never gives offense unintentionally.

Every nation thinks its own madness normal and requisite; more passion and more fancy it calls folly, less it calls imbecility.

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this.

The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.