Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usually a very incomplete exponent of the opinions they really hold.
There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for his good.
Watching the ball is always a good starting point.
This is what I will forever hold against men in general: that they have carefully selected out and inoculated intelligent women with a sense of specialness: you're not like other girls. Damn, for a woman, you sure are bright as hell!
I was court-ordered to Alcoholics Anonymous on television. Pretty much blows the hell out of the second A, wouldn't you say?
I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.