There is something

There is something
There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
  

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Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.
As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.
Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.
Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
To beprepared is half the victory.
Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.
If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.