“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another.

A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.

Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.

My treasure lies in my friends .

There are no more worlds to conquer

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

A king does not kill messengers.

Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal

Through every generation of the human race there has been a constant war, a war with fear.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

When my casket is being carried to the grave, leave my hands hanging outside. For empty-handed, I came into this world and empty-handed, I shall go!

In the end, when it’s over, all that matters is what you’ve done.

My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive.

By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a female can enjoy. A father shares in that experience, knowing that he caused it to happen.

To those people who say, ‘My father is alive because of animal experimentation,’ I say, ‘Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.’ Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade-off.

At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I’m Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, you saved my dad’s life.

The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

I had a friend, who was abused by her dad. I made a vow to myself that I’d never hurt my daughter.