Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
The march of the human mind is slow.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Society is a partnership of the dead, the living and the unborn.
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
It is generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles and design.
No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him.
The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.
When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody.
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.
I am not going to give in to people who try to exploit me because of my celebrity status.