“A change of work is the best rest.”

The individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?

To a great mind, nothing is little.

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.

A dog reflects the family life.

Some people’s affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

My musical taste and image is going to change naturally. It’s not forced; I do what comes natural to me.

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals, you can become whatever you want to become.

The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.

You can be the change. And it all starts with voting.

He will change diapers, of course he will. He is going to be a very hands-on father.

If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.

Voting is a powerful tool for change.