Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

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

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.