He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

We may divide characters into flat and round.

When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.

Sometimes I steal costumes.

The first prerequisite of an advanced being is a sense of humor.

Sovereign of beauty, like the spray she grows;Compass'd she is with thorns and canker'd bower.Yet, were she willing to be pluck'd and worn,She would be gather'd, though she grew on thorn.

Appear as you are, or be as you appear.