The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people.

The content of a man is the life he possesses inside

There is no art without contemplation.

Let every man be master of his time.

Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.

The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between degrees of perfection.

The soul of man is infinite in what it covets.

Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

If your child marches to a different beat, a different drummer, you might just have to go along with that music. Help them achieve what’s important to them.

My life is littered with bad decisions.