Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.