Taxes should be proportioned to what may be annually spared by the individual.

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 you have to "play the part" to become the part.

How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity

One has to develop a sense of humor to cope.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

Nature is our friend - trees, squirrels, grass, fields, meadows, oceans - without people. Hike. Walk. Stroll. Bike. Swim. Be in a still place and feel eternity. Have a great time. Just feel it.

Life without music is only error, exhaustion, exile... Indeed, there is nothing that concerns me more than the fate of music.

Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.

I don't need to be inspired any longer, just supported.

people in general are totally unable to detach the personality of a writer from the products of his thinking.