Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.

I am grateful to the Lord for hundred-fold blessings.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.

Somebody was, like, what's your favorite thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter. And they're like what's the worst thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter.

By promoting liberty abroad, we will build a safer world. By encouraging liberty at home, we will build a more hopeful America.

If things are going slow, I'm itchy.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

I feel at home in an orchestral score.