A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.

A faint hearted man will always be poor

Tragically though, it is that same life that is often least treasured or valued by men who possess it.

I’ve never been nearly as alone as I always say I am

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

Enriching others is the only way to get rich, if that is what we desire. The more we serve, the more we deserve, getting what we give, no more and no less.

Law is the ultimate science.

There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night