There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.

People keep on saying, "Don't Think Much." Is it underrated? You can't be creative enough unless you make a thoughtful process by collaborating your conscience and consciousness

And again Harry understood without having to think. It did not matter about bringing them back, for he was about to join them. He was not really fetching them: They were fetching him.

The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

God's wraith is really only the face of love refused.

Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?

I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do.