The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.
The effect of one upright individual is incalculable.
He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.