There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being poured into it.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

My prayer is my pilgrimage.

You know you're a writer when the words don't stop!

With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.

I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!

The more a man follows nature, and is obedient to her laws, the longer he will live; the farther he deviates from these, the shorter will be his existence.

The subset of our population that has not benefited from the advancement of medication is black and brown people.

To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!

It's stupid to expect perfection from bands because afterall they're just human beings.

A lot of the time, in the past, I have played the pretty blonde in a lot of roles.