So quick and so fiercely I barely had time to gasp before it was locked on me.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.