To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

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.

It is better to seek spirituality than materialism.

A creative train of thought is set off by: the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible.

I pledge to be president for all Americans.

The pain is when the dreams change, as they do, as they must.

It is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

Lastly no woman should marry a teetotaller, or a man who does not smoke. It is not for nothing that this "ignoble tobagie" as Michelet calls it, spreads all over the world.

In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

I think we're a little bit more astray, more far afield from true integration and true acceptance.