"Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell."

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."

"Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least."

"Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life."

"It is a timeless truth that the ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."