Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty.

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.

A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.

Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck, your profession is what you're put here on earth to do, with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.

most of us happily disavow fairies, astrology and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, without first immersing ourselves in books of Pastafarian theology etc.

my mother is a good mathematicianshe was able to divide 3 eggsinto 8 mouths equally every day

My concern is to help people find out how they could best live their lives to hit the mark almost every single time.

I think the Turks' willingness to take seriously action on the borders to stop the flow of foreign fighters joining ISIL is significant.

Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things which do not let you sleep.

Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Take the goods the gods provide, and don't stand and sulk when they are snatched away.

Titles do not count with posterity.