There is no perfecter endowment in man than political virtue.

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 mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I regret that this isn't fatal.

Columbus felt the westward tendency more strongly than any before. He obeyed it, and found a New World for Castile and Leon.

The best form in which to worship God is every form.

It is interesting sometimes to stop and think and wonder what the place you are currently at used to be like in times past, who walked there, who worked there and what the walls have seen.

Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.

War knows no power. Safe shall be my going, Secretly armed against all death's endeavour; Safe though all safety's lost; safe where men fall; And if these poor limbs die, safest of all.

You know when you eat too many sweets and get diabetes? Paparazzi are the diabetes of materialistic culture.