I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.

All sins cast long shadows.

For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.

When I hear alcoholics talk about having their demons, I think that they're probably absolutely literally correct.

A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort.

Right believing produces right living

Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate