God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies.

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

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets.

We can't help everyone but everyone can help someone.

The gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.

Art is the filigrain of a little mind, and is twisted and involved and curled, but would reach farther if laid out in a straight line.

Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy.

If I'd known white people were going to buy my last album, I never would have recorded it.

I think all girls in the world wish they were a Parisian girl - that sort of effortless chic confidence and comfort in their own skin.

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.