The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

Man rarely knows his power.

The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

Come Senators, Congressman, please heed the call, don't stand in the doorway, don't block the hall.

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

Anytime you have any opportunity to be with the national team it's an honor and a challenge, and it is something I am looking forward to.

Beside some philosophers of larger vision, Carlyle stands like an honest, half-despairing boy, grasping at some details only of their world systems.

As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents.

Angela Merkel wants to impose her policies on others. This will lead to an explosion of the European Union.

Love is, without question life's greatest experience.

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.