No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.