Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man.

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.

Staying out all night and sleeping most of the day is quite a drain on the wallet.

My whole philosophy is about playing dress-up.

Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

Let us both small and great push forward in this work, in this pursuit, if to our country, if to ourselves we would live dear.

I'd much rather resign than be pushed.

Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki.

I believed we needed someone who would be able to build a team, lead and unite. I hoped that person would be Boris Johnson.

The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art which has grown in her womb.

I can't concentrate in flats. I could go to the gym if I wore flats, I'd love to go to the gym, but I just can't get my head around the footwear.