The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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