It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

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

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.