The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.

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

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you wanna do with your life

This is why it is important never to pick or smell flowers, and to always wear headgear when admiring them.

Some days being a writer consists of telling yourself you aren't insane, your characters are.

In taking revenge a man is but equal to his enemy but in passing it over he is his superior.

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

There is no such thing as recreational drug use.

Honour is manly decency. The shame of being found wanting in it means everything to us. Is this, then, the indefinable, the sacred thing?

You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.

If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him to eat today?

If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole reason they exist.