Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

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

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.