Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors

Wisdom must go with Sympathy, else the emotions will become maudlin and pity may be wasted on a poodle instead of a child-on a field-mouse instead of a human soul.

Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.

If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.