The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.