A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.

History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.

Faction is to party what the superlative is to the positive. Party is a political evil, and faction is the worst of all parties.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom prescribes to infinite power.

To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken care to appear such in their writings.

Cunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.

What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!

Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.

I think it indisputable that the distance between the intellectual faculties of different men is greater than that between the same faculties in some men and some other animals.

A stitch in time saves nine......if the patient goes to the doctor early...

The tiniest of actions is always better than the boldest of intentions,

Observation always involves theory.

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come.

It is tragic for our God, Who gave us His Son to die on the cross, to beg us to love Him.

One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

My characters come from a good place.