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

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Ittakes time to save time.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony