I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.

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

You seemed so far away, " Miss Honey whispered, awestruck."Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings, " Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it’s a really good thing to remember.

The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.

Every time I traveled to a new city, I would learn about local heroes I did not know about, and I would learn about their very impressive contribution to their cities.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sake of peace and friendship.

Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.

The women of the Right are certainly the most beautiful the Left has no taste, not even when it comes to women.

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.

Capitalists will sell us the rope we will hang them with.