Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

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

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.