When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.

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.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

She knows what it's like to love someone who cannot love you back. Someone who needs you, holds you, yes, but someone who will never know that love is the knife in your heart.

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.

Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.

Every team is flawed. There hasn't been a truly complete team in a while.

Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and love, honor and obey your hunches.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important