The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous