Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today. 

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your response later on.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. 

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. 

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.