Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

The greatest hindrance to Satan’s destructive efforts is our standing strong in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.

We need people like me in the Labour party.

Let us make up for lost time. Let us give to God the time that remains to us.

I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.

Putting affects the nerves more than anything. I would actually get nauseated over three-footers.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

I used to get drunk every night until I puked. Finally I admitted, "I am a bulemic".

My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground.

Definitely before hanging out with a chick, I make sure everything is to my liking.

I'm like a fine-tuned race car. You've got to make frequent pit stops when you drink as much tea as I do.