No man's religion ever survives his morals.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

At this moment, I have nothing to do or ponder except love and wonder.

Confidence is the ultimate beauty.

Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.

The dictator can be removed in a day, but it can take years to stamp out the lingering remnants of his dictatorship

In a world full of shifting borders, everything is happening all at once in every possible direction.

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

I don't have any concerns about my weight. I've always been healthy. I eat right. I'm just a big dude. I've always been happy with the person I am. So that will never change.

It's never a good idea to ask a man on a tight-rope how he keeps his balance: a) he would probably fall off and b) he probably doesn't know what the muscles are called in any case.

Once the working classes were in chains, now they're in chain restaurants.