The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.