Time is the wisest of all counselors.

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.

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

The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

When you believe, the whole world with all of her positive-synchronized power dares to help you.

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside--in the inner woman and her heart--and then works outward.

And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

My holidays are very important. Mind you, I take a very long one every year.

Mathematics is the queen of science, and arithmetic the queen of mathematics.

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.

Unless we members of the Church do all we can to preserve the freedoms we have within the bounds of the laws of God, we will be held accountable.

I touch God in my songas the hill touched the far-away seawith its waterfall.