Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have something go wrong.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said "This is mine," and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.