In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.

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.

Spring shows the power and love of the earth

The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their greatest fear - and they should be afraid, because freedom is on the march.

Nothing one does in bed is immoral if it helps to perpetuate love.

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

Come with me somewhere. Please. I've been waiting eight months to talk to you

Love just happens, you know.

Friends do everything they can to protect each other." --Polly

Science advances one funeral at a time.

Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.

This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.