Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

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