Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

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.

Daring to be kind is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Women rise up! Speak up. Look up. Within you is all the light the world needs to scare away the darkness that holds it hostage.

When the silence of the night becomes the chanting of poetry, the departure of con-cavity

If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.

There's no substitute for work. There are no shortcuts. There are no secrets.

In a few years, no doubt, marriage licences will be sold like dog licences, good for 12 months.

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars.

What a mysterious faculty is that queen of the faculties!

When you're in love, you're asking someone else to fulfill all your unfulfilled needs, to make you whole, and to make you feel good about everything, and no one can do that.

It turns out Dimitri had a friend, who had a friend, and despite the best security in the Moroi world, we managed to get into the Court's prison facilities.