Some eyes want spectacles to see things clearly and distinctly: but let not those that use them therefore say nobody can see clearly without them.

What worries you, masters you.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Revolt is the right of the people

Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.

No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others.

Being overly identified with [a certain period of time] becomes a noose around your neck, and people don't want you to grow up, they don't want you to change, they don't want you to evolve.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.

The true Church preaches REGENERATION; not reformation, not education, not legislation, but regeneration.

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

It is incredible, when you start believing in angels your life becomes a lot smoother.

The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people