With the dead there is no rivalry, with the dead there is no change.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

A society needs famous people

I got through it, and I wore it like a badge of honor—I Can Be Alone and it's Okay.

Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the young but never the actual birth, which is a veiled and secret event.

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

No longer can we rely on those same people in the media and politics who will say anything to keep a rigged system in place. Instead, we must choose to believe in America.

Love is in the air these days, so we thought we'd give a try to make your day a little brighter.

One has to arrive at a specific temperature, at which the objects become malleable.

Agribusinesses should never dictate the quality of school meals.

Without love there is no art. When the artist is playing beautifully there is no 'me; there is love and beauty, and this is art. This is skill in action.

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.