Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Sometimes it’s nice to remember the little things.

In the land of the seeing, the blindfolded lady justice is Queen.

Everything that glitters ain't gold.

As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.

If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.

As ever with modern Britain, we are let down by a vast, over-manned, over-funded, hidebound, obstructive, box-ticking and incompetent bureaucracy.

Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou wert by.

Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen.

Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.