Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

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

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.