"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.
For Honour worthily obtain'd... is in its Nature a personal Thing, and incommunicable to any but those who had some Share in obtaining it.... Let the Distinction die with those who have merited it.
There was never a good war or a bad peace.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.
"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?"
"Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."
