The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.