In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

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.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.