Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

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

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Our greatest foes - and whom we must chiefly combat - are within.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

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

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

Once you label me you negate me.