The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.