No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

A room without books is a body without soul

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.