Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.

While the art of printing is left to us science can never be retrograde what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost.

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.

We become the books we read.

Persistence of action comes from persistence of vision.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.

There's nothing wrong with an actor that can't improvise, but if you're going to improvise, you gotta make sure you got people that can play the game.

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.

I want to do an intelligent talk show where you have room to breathe...

I tend to gravitate towards neutrals in my home but also love finding interesting fabrics or pieces that add a pop of color.

Don't misunderstand me. I am not scoffing at goodness, which is far more difficult to explain than evil, and far more complicated. But sometimes it's hard to put up with.