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.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

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

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.