Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end.

What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue

prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent.

Avarice, with all its black attendants, is confessedly a crime of old age, and seldom arrives at maturity till accompanied with gray hairs.

I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must be less communicative, in order to be less troublesome.

How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!

swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.

Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.

As long as you are ready to pay this price for living in the light (knowledge) the darkness (ignorance) becomes a servant to you.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.

Imagination is the first step of creation

I once hit Quentin on the head with my ball and chain.

India as a nation can live and die only for the spinning wheel.

You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose.

We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.

It was amazing how these events lost their impact, translated through the flat gaze of a video screen.

Use the Internet to get off the Internet!