Political freedom is, or ought to be, the best guaranty for the safety and continuance of spiritual, mental, and civil freedom. It is the combination of numbers to secure the liberty to each one.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.

You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.

Two lives that once part are as ships that divide.

Tears are akin to prayer - Pharisees parade prayers, imposters parade tears.

More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.