One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. read more

One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, read more

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and read more

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out.

Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.