The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.

The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

I walk the darkness with a smile.

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from the local library.

The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate - Who wants to be my fate?

Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.

It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American way of looking at things.

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.

I never actually smoked with any of the presidents.