Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

That story, as all good stories, planted a seed in my soul and never left me.

There would be no Lenin without Rasputin.

Cat, " said Peterkin, turning his head a little on one side, "I love you.

Maybe misery begins everywhere.

This place is full of unwritten rules.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

Did you think I was immortal?

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny, and can make mouths of fortune.

Many times, the game comes down to the final possession, the final shot. I want to become a better clutch performer. That's what separates the really good players from the really great players.