Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.

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

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

A recipe for success. Think, do. Repeat as needed.

Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language as of the bonds of metre.

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.

I gave you things I wasn't sure I even had.

One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.