Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

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Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.