We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

The comforter's head never aches.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Every advantage has its tax

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.