All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.