The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

The property of power is to protect.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.