My wife has a whim of iron
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.
My life has been a series of emergencies.
As the heart is, so is love to the heart. It partakes of its strength or weakness, its health or disease.