To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

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

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.