The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
There is no wisdom like frankness.
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.