Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future.
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
To pull together is to avoid being pulled apart.
What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
To generalize is to be an idiot.
Use the talents you possess — for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.