Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

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

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.