Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.