Do wrong to none. No legacy is so rich as honesty. Brevity is the soul of wit. Do not do unto others as you would they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.