The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

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 changed it. I had to. Do you know why?" She studied him, her eyes grave. "Because that was then and this is now. Because the past is gone, even though it defines the present.

A good decorator not only plans and schemes, but he also knows how the job is done.

I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do.

Every role varies greatly, just as emotions vary greatly.

I am very unmusical. I can't carry a tune. I would never be able to play an instrument.

All the events which make the annals of the nations are but the shadows of our private experiences.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

The most difficult battle you ever fight is the battle to be unique in a world that will marshal its every force to keep you the same.

Two men spit in their hands, help each other out, then laugh about it later. Just to be silly.