Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Truth is most beautiful undraped.

Perfect Love happens at the most imperfect moments!

The sweetness of reunion is the joy of heaven.

I know from experience that females need a certain amount of chocolate. We have two of them in the house. I don't want them growing restless.

The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.

As you can see, I'm in good health. I have no message; just tell them, please, that I went to my death quietly and in good health.

Sometimes Frank sighed, thinking he had caught a tropic bird, all flame and jewel color, when a wren would have served him just as well. In fact, much better.

Engaging each moment without reservation cuts through the illusion that things could be other than they are.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

A clear rejection is always better than a fake promise.