Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A quiettongue shows a wise head.