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.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.