A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.
God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
It's getting the right person that's the challenge.
YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT.
Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.
When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.