It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
Even the best of friends need time apart.