The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

But that inadequacy, or feeling of inadequacy, never really goes away. You just have to trudge ahead in the rain, regardless.

I will not cease to walk in the direction towards my purpose, even if it means constantly walking on a bumpy road.

He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.

Life will never be the same again. Life will be better.

Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.

If what we're really trying to do is stop the spread of HIV, we need to think about the customer.

If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.

The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.

I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying.

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.