What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
The first cause of Absurd conclusions I ascribe to the want of Method.
Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.
A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.
What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged than he that, living idly, getteth little and spendeth all he gets, seeing the one hath no more protection from the commonwealth than the other?
If men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors?
The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
I remember too, a distant bell. . . and stars that fell. . . like the rainout of the blue.
I think it's going to be a pivot of spirit for the country, a period of smart deals for the country, a stronger military.
With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.