The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

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

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country