The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.