A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.