Between friends there is no need of Justice.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

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

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.