It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

That government is best which governs least.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.