Knavery is the best defense against a knave.

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 imagine some people, like some toys, are born defective - which I suppose makes us all broken toys, don't you think?

The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.

You have to be kinder to yourself, because it's a part of being good.

We can so reconstruct society that it will be self-perpetuating instead of as now, self-exhaustive.

A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moistens the field.

Man's highest duty is to protect animals from cruelty.

When you're dealing with clay animation, people forget that every single set is built to scale and by hand.

"Anyway... I find what you write interesting." "That's what people usually say when they disagree with it."

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them.

The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.