Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

The source of my suffering and loneliness is deep in my heart. This is a disease no doctor can cure. Only Union with the Friend can cure it.

I much prefer following a lead character that is doing morally questionable things. How much do you get on board? Do like that? Do you hate it? Does it matter?

I think it's a right that every American parent should have - choice and competition in education, and choice in schools are most important to me.

Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.

I saw a great bumper sticker that read: 'Do something that scares you every day.' That really stuck with me. I try to live like that.

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.

There are disasters that are entirely manmade, but none that are entirely natural.

The terms which, in his inmost heart, each man knows. As I know mine. As all know. For that is the truth of it — that we all know, God, that we know, that we know, we know, we know.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

Different people bring out different aspects of ones personality.