The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered

Never play for the win, never play for the draw, just play chess!

In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself.

Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.

Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.

Having respect for animals makes us better humans.

Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t choose the ideas, they choose me. I don’t wait for them. They come without my permission!

What is the world coming to, with these modern women? A man can't tell them what to do.

The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American

I consider this a kind of neoliberalism of the Left, this rise and promotion of spontaneity above preparation.