WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.