He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection.

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Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

Fortune favors the brave.

Fortune favors the brave.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

So many men, so many opinions

So many men, so many opinions

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.

You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those...

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those...

As a person is so must you humor them.

As a person is so must you humor them.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

Their silence is praise enough.

Their silence is praise enough.

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than...

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than...

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

Of my friends I am the only one left.

Of my friends I am the only one left.