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

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

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.