Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.