Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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

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

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.