I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Oscar Wilde
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli
We have the best government that money can buy.
Mark Twain
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
The good ended happily and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Oscar Wilde
I investigate things to complete my knowledge, my complete knowledge makes my thoughts sincere, my thoughts being sincere, my heart is pure.
Confucius
One way or another we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.
Joseph Campbell
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
Thomas Carlyle
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
Thomas Jefferson
