“Noblest minds are easiest bent.”

Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

Too many kings can ruin an army.

It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

Even a fool learns something once it hits him.

It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.

My every impulse bends to what is right.

Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.

Some things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.

To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don’t have to do squat!

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

But it wasn’t just that he was the most intelligent member in the family. He was also the nicest, in lots of ways. He never got mad at anybody. People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, but Allie never did, and he had very red hair.

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

A lot of people don’t want to make their own decisions. They’re too scared. It’s much easier to be told what to do.

You don’t know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It’s all in the practice.

Reality is easy. It’s deception that’s the hard work.

Not only are love and hate such closely related emotions, but it’s a lot easier to hate someone you’ve cared about than someone you never have.