That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.

When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?

I lived in Judea eighteen hundred years ago, but I never knew that there was such a one as Christ among my contemporaries.

By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.

A modern author would have died in infancy in a ruder age.

The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.