Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

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.

The products your life must have could be in the form of an improved character and virtue.

Perspective and perseverance are carved by time and constructed by wisdom.

But I had no idea what I looked like. Children may feel epic and large to theyselves and yet be only scraps to view.

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.

People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.

Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

If I cry on telly, I'm genuinely crying. If it's a gritty scene it can come naturally.

I don't know myself, what to do, where to go... I lie in the crack of a book for my comfort... it's what the world offers... please leave me alone to dream as I fancy.