The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who’s in crisis?

I think I'm going through a bit of ADD. I'm reading 3 books simultaneously and it's something that I don't recommend. It's like watching TV with two others who keep changing the channels...

Fighting a losing battle is as good as tucking in stones in your pockets, jumping in a dam and hoping to float.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway.

The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image.

Guerrilla marketing aims its message at individuals or, if it must be a group, the smaller the group, the better.

Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.

We the money team Fell asleep next to that cake and had a money dream

When I was young, life seemed long and endless to me.