To give a man full knowledge of true morality I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

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

My need to parent is so much bigger, sometimes, than my children’s need for parenting.

Each Australian is a Ulysses.

Being alone on the moors is scary; as the rain clouds settle in, it makes you realise your place in nature.

Our infinite obligations to God do not fill our hearts half as much as a petty uneasiness of our own; nor His infinite perfections as much as our smallest wants.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes.

Give rejection the finger, and rejection gives it back.

Friends do everything they can to protect each other." --Polly

Men like phones with lots of buttons. It makes them feel important.

True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.