Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.