But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Discord on one level is harmony on another

Civil dissension is a viperous worm That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.

What sets men at variance is but the treachery of language, for always they desire the same things.

Discord gives a relish for concord.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

When a man induces his wife to turn suspicious thoughts against her own father, then that is surely cause enough for resentment.

Wars of opinion, as they have been the most destructive, are also the most disgraceful of conflicts, being appeals from right to might and from argument to artillery.

All men who reflect on controversial matters should be free from hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

It is a difficult matter for man to realize the extreme importance of social discriminations which seem outwardly insignificant but which produce in woman moral and intellectual effects so profound that they appear to spring from her original nature.

He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.