The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

Time is an eternal guest that banquets on our ideals and bodies.

What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker.

What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you

Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.