Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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