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.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

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

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.