All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

If you would not have affliction visit you twice, listen at once to what it teaches.

No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

....there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.

In disputes upon moral or scientific points, ever let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.

If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient.

If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have.

Yesterday for contemplation, today for action.

If you would not have affliction visit you twice listen at once to what it teaches.

Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever

But don’t we all deserve a chance before we’re judged?

The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.

The attitude, and the mind, is where it all starts.

A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge

I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.

Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons.

I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.