Would a writer know how to behave himself with relation td posterity? Let him consider in old books what he finds that he is glad to know, and what omissions he most laments.

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.

We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love.

Don’t let them see you weak.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

I try never to compare myself to other people. I just think this is who I am. You are happier when you think that way.

When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa.

Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.

Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom.

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.