“The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.”

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

Education has for its object the formation of character.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.

All socialism involves slavery.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

We don’t know what the future holds, but we do know Who holds the future.

Instead of complaining about the valley, being discouraged over what you’re going through, know that valley is leading you to the awesome future God has in store.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it’s too late.

You have made some mistakes and you may not be where you want to be, but that has nothing to do with your future.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.

Study the past if you would define the future.

Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.

Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.