The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.

You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else.

What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?

False judges are held up in the world's admiration and I alone know the true ones.

All lasting wealth comes from enriching others in some way.

Most people tiptoe their way through life, hoping they make it safely to death.

Selfishness is the greatest challenge for a coach. Most players are more concerned with making themselves better than the team.

The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well-prepared to receive them.

I think that you should definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is not the real world.

The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. Its a callous political game.

It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.