“To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.”

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Evil prevails when good men fail to act.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

To speak of atrocious crime in mild language is treason to virtue.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told their duty.

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

One can’t feel old in a day or overnight!

I have worked really hard since the age of eight, so each phase of my life is equally important.

If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.

I don’t want to know I’m getting older. Then I’ll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don’t want that.

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.

Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I’ll trade wisdom for youth any day.