Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.

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

He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.

I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.

Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

If we wait upon God, there is no danger. If we rush on, He must let us see the consequences of it.

Analysis is more likely to adjust evidence than to adjust itself.

One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean we're just not willing to pay the price.

Blessed are they who translate every good thing they know into action - even higher truths shall be revealed to them.