Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

Those who have suffered are best able to help those who are suffering.

A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.

The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.