A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.

Happiness is a great big hug, hugging us from the inside. allow yourself to feel its warmth and grace

We can all benefit by learning to express and meet out physical needs in a loving, caressing and compassionate way

Perfection is the child of time.

I have no sympathy for debunking human achievements that, in the end, gave ordinary people liberty.

We must, therefore, coolly and objectively adopt the standpoint that it can certainly not be the intention of Heaven to give one people fifty times as much land and soil in this world as another.

I get ideas about what's essential when packing my suitcase.

There will be no new architecture for computing for the next 1,000 years.

If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida.