This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.

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

Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.

We have to speak the truth always, at any cost, and no matter what.

Apology is not about saying I'm sorry, but it is about the meaning you put behind the apology and admitting that you are the wrong part.

Being a conservative also used to involve the concept of people being free to do whatever they want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt somebody else. Conservatives used to be very libertarian.

If one wanted to stigmaitise, that's how one would do it - lots and lots of people saying "we're severing our ties".

Two hearts are better than one.

Without acting, I cannot breathe.

It's a privilege and not a right to own a business.

Sure, I've seen people like you before - but I had to pay an admission.

My job has always been to not only make my character look like a badass but to also make the actor I am fighting opposite to be the character they need to be too.