Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
These are the times that try men's souls.
A lion chased me up a tree and I enjoyed the view from the top.
Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
“We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness”
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.
War does not decide who is right but who is left.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.
“To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces.”
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.
Look into your heart, you will find. There's nothin' there to hide.
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
“The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty”.
Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.