Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.