As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

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

I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.

Not all events are stories.

Know how to choose. Most things in life depend on it. You need good taste and an upright judgement

The best thing about a vacation is planning it.

I'm not scared of spiders at all. I'm the spider killer in the house.

I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remains.

I get and read an enormous number of first novels.

The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.