Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

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

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.