A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.