Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.

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

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you to be a doctor or a lawyer."

What we lack is intensity of life.

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

It's easy to be a one-hit wonder. It's hard to stay relevant for more than a few years.

The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.

She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.

Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

I was born free as Caesar; so were you