The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
Government, is the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.
Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.