Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less.

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.

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.

So instead of getting to Heaven, at last - I’m going, all along.

The unreasonable efficiency of mathematics in science is a gift we neither understand nor deserve.

The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.

One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education.

If you're going to play strength, you've got to marry that with a vulnerability and give your character some relatable qualities.

No person I have ever met, not even the most righteous or pure of heart, has gone without those times when faith recedes in the busy-ness of life.

People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.