Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.

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.

There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.

The better the wife, the happier the man.The happier the man, the happier the wife.

In the chapel you prayed to be a saint and now I will make you a god.

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.

The Greeks have snatched up their spears. They have pointed the helms of their ships Toward the bulwarks of Troy.

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.

Music is the softest cushion in the world.

Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today.

I feel I shall live a long time.

You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.