Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Only the educated are free.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

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

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.