Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

What worries you, masters you.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Revolt is the right of the people

Pursue not the outer entanglements

Love every one as you love your little daughter and son, because everybody is somebody's daughter and son.

I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.

It's very challenging to learn something new as an adult.