I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
…in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.
Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
We think so because other people all think so; or because after all, we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because, having thought so, we think we will
If women understood and exercised their power they could remake the world.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.