The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.

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.

The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.

I am in love with life.

Resistance to change" is our fine ability to create reasons to crib and criticize.

Since a politician never believes what he says he is surprised when others believe him.

Whatever you imagine, God is the opposite of that.

No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere.

I think self-expression is present at all times, and whether or not you're talking about the outside world or your responses to it depends on the moment and the subject.

Dont take Portlandia too personally - Its just a stupid TV show

Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.