A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.