There is moderation even in excess.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.