The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

There is on the earth no institution which Friendship has established; it is not taught by any religion; no scripture contains itsmaxims. It has no temple, nor even a solitary column. There goes a rumor that the earth is inhabited, but the shipwrecked mariner has not seen a footprint on the shore. The hunter has found only fragments of pottery and the monuments of inhabitants.

We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.

Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.

We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.

In their daily life, all are braver than they know.