A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

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

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di