Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

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

A room without books is a body without soul

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.