There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

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.

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

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.

With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight.

We want to be special for being important. But, sometimes... We become important for being special.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.

Nobody likes to hear a f**king rock star talk about his problems

Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.