Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

This revolution will be noted. It will be successful and above all, it will be in words.

The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed — let these be your God.

End of story. ‘Happily ever after’ fell on everyone like a guillotine’s blade.

We are what we know and what we are good at. Whenever what we know and what we are good at increase, our position increases and our goals are achieved

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

Do not seek for information of which you cannot make use.

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.

I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.