We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.

You must add value to yourself to be relevant

Angst is not the human condition, it’s the purgatory between what we have and what we want but can’t get.

Let him who has enough wish for nothing more.

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.

That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

Time to unite the Sacred Bands, Thebans and his people: one unit, one heart, one swing through life.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.