The safety of the State is the highest law.

Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.

There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity.

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justice is the constant and eternal purpose that renders to each his due.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

If anything is due to a corporation, it is not due to the individual members thereof, nor do the members individually owe what the corporation owes.

If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and shall submit to the monstrous doctrine that follows from it, let him be anathema [excommunicated]

As we began discussing authorship of a white paper summarizing our conclusions, we debated who our target audience should be and what kind of outcome we were hoping to achieve.

You can want and want and want, but if he doesn't want you back ... you might as well wish the sky were red.

God cares about those in need, and so should His people.

Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow.

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall because I realize now that's the only way to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny. And when you're very, very happy, you're not very funny. You're just happy. I'd rather be damaged and funny.

It is a sad fact that 50 percent of marriages in this country end in divorce. But hey, the other half end in death. You could be one of the lucky ones!

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.