Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish read more

Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men
above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis
best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent
spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves
an esteem and confirmed opinion of our own.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument.

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more

The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens read more

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.