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

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

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

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Patience is the art of hoping.