The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Neversay more than is necessary.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers