“Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.”

There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

By far the best proof is experience.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.

Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.

One fact stands out in bold relief in the history of man’s attempts for betterment. That is that when compulsion is used, only resentment is aroused, and the end is not gained. Only through moral suasion and appeal to man’s reason can a movement succeed.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable.

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.

To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.

I’m a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian.