Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs.

My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me.