It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.

Everyone stumbles at one time or another. It's the human condition

Life is your deepest inner Being. It is already whole, complete, perfect.

If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.

And that's Aston Villa's first league goal since their last one.

May the angels protect you, and sadness forget you.

The life of the soul is incalculable.

Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice.

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.