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

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.

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

Unjust force can never give any just dominion.

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.

At the core of the universe, the face of God wears a smile

Your oddity is your hottest commodity but you scratch yourself like it's the lottery to reject yourself mentally, spiritually & bodily.

We are called to serve

I think when I'm drawing, I'm seeing what's happening on the page almost as if it were unfolding like a movie in my head.

Friendship? Yes Please.

In politics, everybody is free to choose his friends and allies.

In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well

Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?

Don't you just love these long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour — but a little bit of eternity dropped in your hands — and who knows what to do with it?

I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.