Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises.

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.

We're not words, Henry, we're people.Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.

The soul of our civilization depends upon the civilization of our soul. The imagination of our culture calls for a culture of the imagination.

Creating is like the oxygen in my air.

She was all the world’s money, and I would spend it with her, my sharpest friend who changed the tide, my only comfort from the brutal gamble of the world and the wicked ways of men.

I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat civic spirit that got me into this [president] office was useful.

Anything for gold and experience.

Here we are, a man and a woman, both wanting the same things, and yet, you aren’t attracted to me.

I've never done a solo tour. I feel like getting out there and doing that.

I just try to eat as good as possible.

It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.