QUOTES
Governments,
like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and
moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend
upon men than men upon governments.
A
true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly,
takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
Force
may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
He
that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure
of both in the end.
He
who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who
has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
I
expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can
show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not
defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
Let
the people think they govern and they will be governed.
O
Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
Patience
and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
Right
is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone
is for it.
Speak
properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech
is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Time
is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Believe
nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt
another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
If
a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will
not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle
by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.
A
good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come
of it.
Knowledge
is the treasure of a wise man.
Those
who would mend the world must first mend themselves.
Force
may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
There
can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and
will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
