Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

Stranger, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen Enough of all its sorrows, crimes and cares, To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood And view the haunts of Nature. The calm shade Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm To thy sick heart.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what now you feel;Achilles absent was Achilles still:Yet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid. - Iliad, The.

As the saying is, So many heades, so many wittes.

In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English.

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, or a new country.

I cannot believe that this country cannot come together around some values what these kids need is a moral life... the issue is not ideas, it is conduct. The real question is how we reach these young people morally, and what do we bring to them.

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginnings of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

The nearer the church, the further from God.

I give the fight up; let there be an end, A privacy, an obscure nook for me, I want to be forgotten even by God.

...to point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon...

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine and Venus make up life.

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.