When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.

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

never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but pneumonic man who is your patient

We are the sum total of our memories. Memories are the most precious things we have. Good or bad. That's what make us who we are. What would we be without them?

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.

Chastity works better if you don't keep testing it.

Why be so nasty and so rude, when I can be so fierce and so successful.

There's no hidden agenda, no political agenda [in Patriots Day]. The only politics we were really talking about was the politics of community, the politics of social love.

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.

Providing new means of entertainment is the important thing.

I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts.

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.