Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

An idea is salvation by imagination

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.