You cannot plan the future by the past.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Your beauty isn't in your laughter. It's in your soul.

When a hypocrite or a wicked leader is in power, anyone that becomes popular or stands out easily becomes a prey.

Timon: Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.

A republican form of government, without intelligence in the people, must be, on a vast scale, what a mad-house, without superintendent or keepers, would be on a small one.

The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know.

A winemaker never, never changes the character of a wine. The character comes from the grapes.