The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.

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.

And the fight for who we are, for who we hope to become, has only begun.

Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times.

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.

It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure.

Creeds and castes, and all forms of intellectual and emotional grouping, belong to the past.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

A quantity which is increased or decreased by an infinitely small quantity is neither increased nor decreased.

None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind.

By your choice dwell you now in the world which you have created. What you hold in your heart shall be true, and what you most admire, that shall you become.

I realized that anyone who dared to hurt me would suffer his full wrath, and Walt wasn’t going to hold him back.