“No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.”

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.

I decline to buy repentance at the cost of ten thousand drachmas.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

The more able a man is, if he make ill use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

What a man wishes, he will believe.

Whatever shall be to the advantage of all, may that prevail!

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Modeling isn’t something I’m doing to prove people wrong. It’s something I’m doing because it’s what I want to do.

You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That’s what I tell people all the time.

It’s not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.

If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?

I’m happy that I’m learning and a lot of these fashion houses are willing to collaborate. I just want to put my swag to what they’re doing, because I like street style.

The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.

When your will is God’s will, you will have your will.