Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

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

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.