Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

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.

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.

I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.

Sometimes it's hard to see the rainbow when there's been endless days of rain.

Hold this rope while I dive into my soul

Certain emotions bridge the years and link unlikely places.

Hawaii was beautiful of course, we played at Turtle Bay an amazing resort right on the ocean.

I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.

Tektology was the first attempt in the history of science to arrive at a systematic formulation of the principles of organization operating in living and nonliving systems.

Most people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.

If you're not optimistic on some level, then you've given up.