The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

I am a beautiful thing, shaped for fighting.

Liberty is dangerous, as hard to get along with as it is exciting.

Men lie the most. Men lie all the time.

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?

It is better to have wings then hornes.

Wherever we go in the mountains, we find more than we seek.

I put the most pressure on myself. I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.

And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.