Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.

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

It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

You know, I never fight for corporate America.

Everyone is now [Donald] Trump.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth.

I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.

So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level of concern.