If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

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

The better we serve, the greater the fulfilment.

The tongue is like a lion, if you let it loose, it will wound someone.

The lie detector didn’t react to anything I said, but I wouldn’t dare smile.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I became a degenerate artist. My parents were shaped by their own experiences, and artists weren't so useful in the death camps.

I don't know the right way to retire.

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.

The instruments of war can be manufactured ... human blood cannot be; and the lack of just one pint could mean the life of an American serviceman.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

To me, racist jokes are not funny. I am politically correct, in a weird way. I like to push the boundaries that are politically correct.