Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

If any of you ... have a mind to make himself heard a mile off, you must make a bonfire of your reputations, and a close enemy of most men who would wish you well.

As for boredom ... I notice that it leaves me as soon as I am doing something that has got to be done.