We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.