Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us.

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

Somewhere, excitement waited for me like an uncut cake.

The night is what allows us to see the stars. Darkness is nothing less than a thousand sunlights.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.

I have always been the kid who's asked 'Why?' In my faith, you're just supposed to have faith. But I was always like... why?

Between the marriages, I shagged my way round television studios like a mechanical digger.

How soon are we broken on the soft pillow of ease! Adam in paradise was overcome, when Job on the dunghill was a conqueror.

Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.