There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.