To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Example is better than following it.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.