I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.

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

When your lover is a liar, you and he have a lot in common, you're both lying to you!

but sometimes deception is needed not to hurt the ones we care for.

I had to decide what I was going to do, and what I was going to be.I was standing there, waiting for someone to do something, till I realised the person I was waiting for was myself.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.

The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.

What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel.

Might does not make right, but right demands that those who hold to it should defend it with all their might.

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.