The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.
Live truth instead of professing it.
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.
Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.
Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
The thing we fear we bring to pass.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.
