She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love.

It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.

And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose. . . . . From toil we wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.

The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.

Science is facts. Just as houses are made of stones, so science is made of facts. But a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I; No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.

Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.

What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.

Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around in his pocket. The more he has, the more they weigh him down.

The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.

If we work upon marble it will perish. If we work upon brass time will efface it. If we rear temples they will crumble to dust. But if we work upon men's immortal minds, if we imbue them with high principles, with the just fear of God and love of their fellow men, we engrave on those tablets something which no time can efface, and which will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.