Love your country, but never trust its government.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.

Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.

Democracy can survive anything except Democrats

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Success is a spiritual process, not a worldly one.

Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of yourself.