We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Door of passage to the other side, the soul frees itself in stride.

To every rule there are diverse sub rules which all apply to the same rule.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

Fix your course on a star and you'll navigate any storm.

They always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.

Because beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It's the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you can see both their beauty and their death.

The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.