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."

has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.

Blush, happy maiden, when you feel The lips which press love's glowing seal; But as the slow years darklier roll, Grown wiser, the experienced soul Will own as dearer far than they The lips which kiss the tears away.

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me.

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

So live that your memories will be part of your happiness.

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

When Adam dalfe and Eve spane So spire if thou may spede, Where was then the pride of man, That nowe merres his mede?

There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

No letters after your name are ever going to be a total guarantee of competence any more than they are a guarantee against fraud. Improving competence involves continuing professional development ... That is the really crucial thing, not just passing an examination.