Edmund Burke

"The true measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."

"Books are a guide in youth and an entertainment for age."

"Reverence for God is not impressed upon us by arguments, but by authority."

"Our antagonist is our helper. This conflict with evil develops all the powers of our good nature."

"When people take justice in their own hands, the loser is the law."

"The person who makes no mistakes does not try new things."

"A man may love his house well and not be a slave to it."

"Good order is the foundation of all good things."

"The effects of faction are nowhere perhaps more strongly felt than in the United States."

"I have always been afraid of pharmacy, not of drugs."

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing; but in modern times, they are often rewarded for it."

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."

"To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole human race ought to be the heart, soul, and principle of all true patriots."

"No one can easily fall unless high."

"The true political art is the art of promoting the welfare of the community."

"Too much and too little are equally fatal to philosophy."

"Men naturally gravitate toward happiness in familiar relationships."

"There is a sacred veil to be drawn over the beginnings of all governments."

"One cannot indict a whole people."

"Solitude is the audience-chamber of God."

"The mind of man is made up of such contradictions."

"Reason and imagination working together create the possibility of hope."

"The way to make friends is to be one."

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."

"The profession of law is indeed noble and exalted."

"Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none."

"To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely."

"The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest kind cannot be doubted."

"All government is founded on compromise and barter."

"To condemn a man unheard is contrary to every principle of justice."