The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next.

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.

Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

the mode of delivering a truth makes, for the most part, as much impression on the mind of the listener as the truth itself.

Without the assistance of the Divine Being ... I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

If a woman likes another woman she's cordial. If she doesn't like her she's very cordial.

Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him.

I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.

The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.

Eating is one of the most important aspects of living. I like indulging. I like to eat one food at a time, to savor each individual thing.

... there is a particular propensity in the world for people, wherever they appear in great numbers, to permit themselves collectively everything that would be forbidden them individually.

My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that.