Men live best on moderate means: Nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

Whoever desires is always poor.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

Death is the great leveller.

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.

A camera is a save button for the minds eye.

Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.

God is a gentleman. He prefers blondes

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

Science is paramount, but presents no challenge to a creed that rests on faith-based belief.

If you vote against the Defense Authorization Act in the Senate, you would also veto it as president.

By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how proteins are made.

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.