The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.