The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

Great necessities call out great virtues.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

I had never imagined that happiness could hurt so much.

The transformed person is a revolutionary only because he has revolutionized himself. He gives the people inspiration by holding up a mirror to their inner substance.

I never reread what I've written. I'm far too afraid to feel ashamed of what I've done.

The idea of doing stand-up is terrifying to me.

The mystical impulse in men is somehow a desire to possess the universe. In women, it's a desire to be possessed.

To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.

I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.

I finished school, because I started when I was thirteen, so basically around 16 or 17, I just focused on finishing high school.

The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes us look our best in all kinds of circumstances.

I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.