We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are the signs of our ideas only and not for things themselves.

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

Unhealthy relationships keep our self-esteem low.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

I believe that in judging our actions we are more severe than professional judges. We judge not only our actions, but our thoughts, our intentions, our secret curses, our hidden hate.

I'd love to do something dark, something that has nothing to do with music or comedy. Anything, but I'm still learning what I can do.

When you get people who are out of office, suddenly their tongues loosen up and suddenly they say the things that you wish they'd said or did when they were in office.

Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, I have actually accomplished something.

Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.

The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.

We should have no concern for the environment, because, after the great flood with Noah, God promised that He would never ruin the earth again.

Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.