Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

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

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.