The powers of a man's mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.

It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are.

Free is a man who has no desires.

John F. Kennedy asked us what we could do for America. This Democratic Party asks what can government give you. Don't worry about paying the bill, it's on your kids and grandkids.

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

He [Earl Scruggs] was really cool because he was very quiet, and he wouldn't say much, but then he would come out with a quip that was like so perfect and so brilliant, very smart.

I grew up as the ugly duckling, they called me 'la prieta fea', which means ugly dark one - that was my nickname.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.

To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives.

Force and right are the governors of this world; force till right is ready.

It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair.