The sanity of society is a balance of a thousand insanity's.

Ever the words of the gods resound; But the porches of man's ear seldom in this low life's round are unsealed, that he may hear.

What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies, a restorer of truth and good?

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.

There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

Government has been a fossil: it should be a plant.