Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

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.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

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

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

A man of courage is also full of faith.