Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on that very account.

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

I could never hate you as much as I love you.

Umbrella is comfort, rain is life! You must often leave comfort to touch the life!

In the United States, people don't revolt in order to obtain freedom, but continue denying it to others.

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

Andy [Griffith] and I spoke on the phone not too long before he died. I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me. He was a wonderful man.

Being self-supporting is important to me.

The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors, and your eye gazes only to earth.

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have

The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

But monsters, I now know, come in all shapes and sizes, and only their appetite for human flesh defines them.