It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

If your dreams and goals get derailed, they're not dead. Derailed simply means off-track. Pick 'em up and put 'em back on again.

In a materialistic society, an employed boy is older than an unemployed man.

[Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower] 'No other contemporary officer approached his accumulated experience...' From Champion of the Quarterdeck: Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower 1742-1814.

Today's my wedding day, Mom," he said softly aloud. "I'm marrying the woman I always told you I would someday.

Let your first 'good morning' be to your Heavenly Father.

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

There is nothing I like more than pure underground music

I ain't never liked violence.

I believe in unity, as opposed to division.

I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.