The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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

All of the reasons we decided to part, elude me now.

Silence, when correctly timed, can speak multitudes of words to a person, without any extra effort on your part.

You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them.

First off, I am 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a van down by the river.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it were a horror story left open on a table.

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

Help me, Jesus. I know what I am.

I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow.

A blind man can't forget the eyesight he lost, show me any beautiful girl. How can her beauty not remind me of the one whose beauty surpasses hers?