of their passions in the same object at that particular time.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

Public services are never better performed than when their reward comes only in consequence of their being performed, and is proportioned to the diligence employed in performing them.

He would henceforth worship and defend the very reason for Joy, the Almighty Maker of Joy.

Watchman what of the night?

The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and get away with it.

To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.

Feminism is what I do with my life, it’s how I spend my days, it’s my job, it’s not just an opinion I have among many other opinions.

The Gulf War was a clear precedent as well, and it let us begin to understand how the US government would go to war to secure strategic oil reserves and potential markets.

They say people in your life are seasons and anything that happens is for a reason.

and each of his voices left his body in a different colored soul and floated up towards the sun still singing.

love is dangerous for your tiny heart even in your dreams so please dream softly

The lucky renew their energy through the activity in which they're engaged.