If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.