Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
Progress of mankind is progress of mind and intellect.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
A person's a person, no matter how small.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
