A good conscience is the best divinity.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.