The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

Attitude, not ability, determines destiny

Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.

When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.

Very well then, better a sane crook than a mad puritan.

People ask me where I go to get away and I say, 'home'

The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear.

If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.

After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.

The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.