He who first called money the sinews of the state seems to have said this with special reference to war.

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 was discovering that even hatred died a little at the end. But it still lasted longer than desire, longer even than love.

Sacred being is beauty.

You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

I may turn out an intellectual, but I'll never write anything but mediocre poetry.

It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.

Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly.

There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.

I have too many ideas for a lifetime.

Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.