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.

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.

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 richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

You have to be consistent and persistent and never give up.

One day I finally decided, that there is no point sharing my feelings, You don't enjoy...

And the great difference between man and monkey is in the larynx.

There are truths that are not for all men nor for all times.

The loss of Eden is personally experienced by every one of us as we leave the wonder and magic and also the pains and terrors of childhood.

My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.

Sometimes the easiest-seeming stories to a reader are the hardest kind to write.

No god is absent where prudence dwells.

Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.

While the sun God will may your day, sing as a song in search of a voice that is silent, and the one God will make for your way.