Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

He that sows his grain upon marble will have many a hungry belly before his harvest.

Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as Music to the ear, and Beauty to the eye.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

Unjust force can never give any just dominion.

Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together.

Always try to be joyful and proactively benign to the people. By doing so everyday, people have no control at all over my mood.

Life is here to teach us, so be a good student. Mistakes are the only way we learn.

Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions.

I've realized that aging is the younger cousin of dying. ... How much time do I have left? We become aware that we're on the downside of the mountain, coasting toward our final days.

Racism is within each and every one of us.

If he'd been making shell-cases during the war it might have been better for music.

I read Russian literature a lot.

hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.

National prosperity is another name for death and degradation to millions of other races.