A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Our distrust is very expensive.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.