There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

O: Hey youngman, you should respect me!Y: Hey oldman, you should understand me!

Heroes in the stories never had to sleep in haystacks, or under hedges. But it was not easy to pretend, anymore, that he was a hero in a story.

The best evidence of unsophisticated ides is the behavior that follows.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

An oblique angle,” Jack said, and his bout of jealousy was quickly replaced with glee. “Ha! I told you I would work that in!

Education [is] not an end in itself but [is] the first step in a progress which should continue during a lifetime.

Women don't like guys who are dangerous. Women just want us to think that because women are trying to kill us.

I don't care about the Constitution

Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.