Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.

If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.

In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly.

What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.