People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.

The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. - Jeanne

Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name!

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

It would have cost me more trouble to escape from injustice, than it does to submit to it.

Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.

I was not always free from melancholy; but even melancholy had its charms.

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

I'm a writer. I write stuff.

The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

Unlimited competition leads to a huge waste of labor, and to that crippling of the social consciousness of individuals.

Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?

When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. Ive got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.

God is not bothered by your persistence. Keep asking.

For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.