Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The present is never a happy state to any being

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Those who trust us educate us.