Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?

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

Oh, Adam’s sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!

Of course, that’s how life is. A turn of events may seem very small at the time it’s happening, but you never really know, do you? How can you?

I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.

One of the shortcomings of our medical system is that doctors have very little time with their patients.

Our focus must always be on building people up.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s.

Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.

The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'