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I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite human beings, Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.

Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.

The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.

By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome

I do myself a greater injury in lying that I do him of whom I tell a lie.