Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

If all men are born free, why is it that all women are born slaves?

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

Let us make sure that future generation writes our biography.

Whoever designed this city built it to complement the setting sun as perfectly as the stars complement the night.

The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty.

People everywhere love Windows.

To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective.

The inferiority of women is man-made.

That's one of the major lessons: no president should ever take this nation to war without full public debate in the Congress and/or in the public.

Never argue, repeat your assertion.

The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.

You get the most approval when you care the least about it.