Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !