The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

Every dream is the beginning of a new life in your thoughts..

A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art.

We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

With your lunch box, do not forget to carry courtesy, respect, and gratitude from home!

A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.

Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.

If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it.

I know Jerry [Falwell] fairly well, and he's probably not bright enough to recognize all of the implications of what he said.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

I love not knowing. It keeps me guessing.