I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.