One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.

When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.

The human body was designed to walk, run or stop; it wasn't built for coasting.

After our ages-long journey from savagery to civility, let's hope we haven't bought a round-trip ticket.

The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends.

Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.