The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

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Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.