Compassion is no substitute for justice.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like read more

The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and read more

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.