The methods by which men have met and conquered trouble, or been slain by it, are the same in every age.
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
Storms purify the atmosphere.
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
Precise knowledge is the only true knowledge, and he who does not teach exactly, does not teach at all.