Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.