Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

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.

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.

When one was full of energy and enthusiasm the world was an apple, the future was way beyond the horizon and only the present was pertinent.

Listen to the song of your heart, now follow the melody.

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

Documentation is not understanding, process is not discipline, formality is not skill.

Trade is 10 times as old as farming.

I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups.