The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

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.

Jamie gawked at the JLM T-shirt peeking out of Theo's leather jacket and his face glowed. "Yes I-L-Y?

Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance on an artwork.

‎What's the weather like? ... It's fierce mild!

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it.

I was somebody who never loved my hair. I had curly hair and wished it was straight.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

I am indeed not her fool, but her corrupter of words. (Act III, sc. I, 37-38)

Redneck law: Must have a gun. Must shoot it regularly.