Applause is the spur of noble minds the end and aim of weak ones.

Brutes leave ingratitude to man.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

If you would know and not be known live in a city.

If a cause be good the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defense of it by its friends.

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed than for diose who deny the whole of it.

Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery.

Most plagiarists like the drone have neither taste to select industry to acquire nor skill to improve but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared from the hive.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life’s blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing

Truth stands out little in a field of truths. However, it is a ravaging lion, in a field of lies.

I hate that I had to pull out my wallet and buy respect.

Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.

Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.

I believe in my heart Simpson is guilty.

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.

Very few people know the real meaning of friendship. More often than not, there is too much emphasis on sentiment, and too little on action. Metta is something that must be lived.