The present is never a happy state to any being

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

To be preparedis half the victory.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.