To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

When a man meets his mates society begins.