No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Good leaders inspire people to have confidence in their leader. Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

Leaders create and maintain good interpersonal relationships with people they meet and work with. People who lead better relate better.

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake.

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the rhythm of the game.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

There's nothing worse than a brilliant beginning.

A Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it.

war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.