There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

All progress is experimental.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.

Attack another's rights and you destroy your own.

Nothing is more injurious to the character and to the intellect than the suppression of a generous emotion.

Politics is organized hatred, that is unity.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.

Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart.

If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.

The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.

We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.

... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them to the best advantage.

We are women of the world The colors of our souls, rich and beautiful We sing from the same heart, with many voices

I usually wake up far after breakfast. So I have no other choice but to go straight to dinner.

I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.

The alternative to the market process is government control, and we know where that principle leads.