The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. 

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. 

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk. 

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

To my mind the old masters are not at; their value is in their scarcity.

You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.