The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

everybody feels the evil, but no one has courage or energy enough to seek the cure

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

I am unaware of his plans but I shall never stop believing in them because I cannot fathom them and I prefer to mistrust my own intellectual capacities than his justice.

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

A whole nation cannot rise above itself.

When justice is more certain and more mild, is at the same time more efficacious.

The whole people contracts the habits and tastes of the magistrate.

For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible.

I must strive to see only God in my friends, and God in my cats.

Your mind is the most powerful wonder. It can be your greatest enemy or your closest ally.There are no limits to what you can achieve if only you believe.

If your master demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty.

Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.

I hate it. I just do. That [artificial turf], local news, the IRS, and hair dryers are the four worst inventions of the century.

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

What matters most to me? To work with my model until I have it enough in me to be able to improvise, to let my hand run free.

That's the trouble, I can't forget him. He was everything to me, except mine.

It's never right to give up on someone.

Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.