Modesty is the clothing of talent.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.