Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.