"But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it."

"Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after."

"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."

"Heroes are often the most ordinary of men."

"In solitude especialy do we begin to appreciate the advantage of living with someone who can think."

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."

"If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact- not to be solved, but to be coped with over time."

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like."

"Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe."

"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."

"To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote."