There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country