Wickedness is a wonderfully diligent architect of misery, of shame, accompanied with terror, and commotion, and remorse, and endless perturbation.

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.

He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.

We are all one.

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

Nature gives man corn but he must grind it; God gives man a will but he must make the right choices.

Science has radically changed the conditions of human life on earth. It has expanded our knowledge and our power, but not our capacity to use them with wisdom.

People are afraid of everything.

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.

The damnable thing about bad art is that the insincerity which lies at its roots is not perceived by the artist himself.

Sometimes there are really happy mistakes.

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.