Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

I'm concerned about the role the court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century.

Let go of thought, become still and alert, and don't try to understand or explain.

I was a pizza delivery man. I worked at a gas station. I worked a lot of jobs, man. A lot of jobs.

There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God.

Only one guy can be world champion, and so if everyone else thought they were failures you'd have no one left on the grid.

People think I should be a success, but I'm afraid of it.

Smokin' at the Half Note is the absolute greatest jazz-guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play.

Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.

The first step in realization is to always think of God. Then after some years you will realize that you are one with God.