Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.

A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.

For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.

An evil nature wielding great authority brings misfortune upon the community.

Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.

Lying rumours do not penetrate farther than our ears.

Right is not unlimited, but is limited by the laws.

There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?

Our view of reality is like a chart of the sea - the truer it is, the less likely we will become lost.

Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course.

It becomes tricky, and you start to think about the cramps rather than just actually what you're trying to do on the court, which is obviously win the match.

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling as though I had been drinking out of spitoons.

Since the world never faults a man who refuses to yield...it is generally recognized that weak men live in obedience to the world's will, while the strong obey only their own.

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.

Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.