“To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it!”

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud, Hatch out.

Caesar is not above the grammarians.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

You’re going to see the goodness of God in ways you’ve never seen.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

Cheating on a good woman is like choosing trash over treasure.

All good things are wild and free.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.