Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

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.

But for their cries, The herons would be lostAmidst the morning snow.

And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, and silently steal away.

Perhaps we have stopped ourselves from being invented, from self-realization, by blaming others for our wordlessness.

The best work and of greatest merit for the public has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.

People now tell me it's a good thing I stayed away from teen films. Well, it wasn't my choice. I wasn't hired.

Great hopes make everything great possible

Life is the space between our things.

When we met, I never thought in a million years that Will Smith and I would be together.

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.

You have an always-expanding, omnipresent surveillance state that's constantly chipping away at the liberties and freedoms of law-abiding Americans.