When you see a worthy person endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person then examine your inner self.

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.

Society exists only as a mental concept, in the real world there are only individuals.

What we live by we die by.

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince and to understand the nature of the prince one must be of the people.

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil and we all count ourselves among them.

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.

Bottom line is I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25 my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

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