The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

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

Embrace love while you have life.

Yesterday’s decision-making strategies are ill-equipped to deal with petabyte information flows.

Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.

I can always tell when you're reading somewhere in the house,' my mother used to say. 'There's a special silence, a reading silence.

It's a different experience to be with your kids when your spouse isn't around.

I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.

The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.

In my 20s I used to cry about why I wasn’t thinner or prettier, but I want to add that I also used to cry about things like: ‘I wish my hair would grow faster. I wish I had different shoes …

I'm trying to be slightly happier with myself. No one really wants to be miserable all the time.

How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?